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our passions, our own big feelings, our values.
We’re excited to share our humanity with you!
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Check out our new series, Surviving 2025, for blog posts specifically selected to help you better cope with the challenging twists and turns that this year has in store.
On Extra Innings in an Extra-Disconnected World
As the Dodgers battle through a record-breaking World Series marathon, millions of tired fans are still watching, texting, and hoping together. In a world that feels increasingly disconnected, this long, strange, beautiful game reminds us what it means to stay — with each other, with love, with community — even through the extra innings.
On Sex Work & Therapy: You Deserve to Be Met Where You Are
Therapy for sex workers should be a space of safety, curiosity, and respect—not judgment. A good therapist listens without labeling, honors autonomy, and helps you explore your story without shame. Healing doesn’t mean leaving sex work; it means finding peace in your truth.
On Why Relational Therapy Matters More Than Ever
In a culture that glorifies independence and self-sufficiency, relational therapy is quiet resistance. It reminds us that healing is not a solo project but a collective one—rooted in empathy, repair, and real connection.
On Listening to Shame: How to Heal the Inner Critic and Find Self-Compassion
Shame often begins as a quiet tension in the body — a pressure that whispers you are wrong. For years, I mistook that feeling for discipline, even safety. Learning to listen to shame with self-compassion became the first step toward healing the parts of me that only knew survival.
On the Podcast: Holding It All: Building Community Through the Caregiver Experience
In today's episode, Sarah introduces Madison, a new therapist and grad student at Kindman and Co. They discuss their soon to be launched caregiver support group, both share personal experiences being caregivers, and reflect on the challenges and responsibilities that come with this role. They express the importance of support systems, the evolving nature of caregiving, and their hopes for this group's impact.
On How Practicing Relational Therapy Helps Therapists
Relational psychotherapy isn’t just healing for clients—it can be a lifeline for therapists, too. By centering authenticity and connection, relational therapy helps us prevent burnout, improve client outcomes, and actually enjoy the work again. Learn how practicing relationally sustains therapists and explore training opportunities with CEUs at Kindman & Co.
On Caregiving, Disability Justice, & the Power of Community Care
What does it really mean to be a caregiver? Through personal family stories and reflections on disability justice, this piece explores the invisible labor, love, and resilience of caregiving—and why community care is essential for sustaining both caregivers and those they support.
On Pushing Through & Knowing When You Don't Have To
We’re taught to “push through” sickness, stress, and exhaustion as if resilience is always a virtue. But what happens when strength is fueled by perfectionism and pressure instead of care? This reflection explores how ignoring our body’s signals can backfire—and what it looks like to recalibrate, slow down, and choose sustainability over survival mode.
On Feeling All the Feels – Now Available for Men!
At Kindman & Co., we believe healing happens in community—and that includes men and masc-identified folks reimagining what masculinity can mean. In this post, Paul shares why expanding men’s emotional capacity matters, why group therapy is so powerful, and why he’s proud to support the launch of our new group, Redefining Masculinity. If you’ve ever felt boxed in by traditional scripts of ‘how to be a man,’ this one’s for you.