The historical news of the U.S. Supreme Court deciding to overturn Roe v. Wade, the constitutional right to abortion. It didn’t feel surprising, it felt in alignment with how the system continually acts to uphold White Supremacy and White Christian Nationalism under the guise of constitutional rights. Read more on why therapists should talk about the overturn and how to take a stand.

When everything is a disaster, it’s easy to figure out what you should talk about in therapy. Conflict, sadness, anxiety, relationship problems, friendship problems, parent stuff, body image, identity, etc. etc. Pleeeenty of content for a 50 minute session. It's those moments when things are actually going well, when just before your session you think: “What am I going to talk about today?” Click here for 5 topics to explore when it feels like things are going well and you’ve got nothing to talk about.

Surprise! Therapists are humans and also go to therapy! Gaby Teresa shares her recent breakthroughs in her own therapy experiences as a queer, Latina woman and therapist. Click here to learn more about how women are forced to stay silent and how to move forward in your own healing journey. Because mira, we’ve got to stop silencing women. Especially BIPOC women.

In therapy, it is very common to have questions about yourself, the therapeutic process, and your therapist. Over the years that I have practiced as a therapist, I have seen a common thread of questions that are frequently asked by my clients. We hope the answers to these six common therapy questions will help you understand therapy better and feel validated in your experience.

Why do we have dreams, and what do they mean? How we interpret our dreams means as much as the interpretation itself, and Anna loves exploring this creative process with clients. To her it’s like tarot, astrology, enneagram, whatever—a new venue for understanding something about yourself. Who cares if it’s capital-T True! Read more for 5 ways on how to interpret and find meaning in your dreams!

Music is so often utilized for therapeutic purposes—conveying emotions we did not know how to articulate and meaning making as a soundtrack to significant times in our lives. Read about how Red (Taylor’s Version) can feel therapeutically important through the themes of nostalgia, agency, and common humanity.

Finding a therapist can be a daunting journey, and our initial attempt towards a safe bet might be to google “therapists that share my identities”. But is that enough? Click here for tips on how to find a like-cultured and like-minded therapist.

Día De Los Muertos is a Latinx holiday that is celebrated mainly by Mexican culture. Our therapist Gaby shares about how learning about such a rich tradition from her culture allowed her to create her own therapeutic experience and move through her grief. Click here to read more about her story.

The simple advice of “Just be yourself” is spoken as if “being yourself” is a simple action, when in reality, it’s an incredibly challenging and ongoing process. Especially when we’re talking about coming to terms with one’s sexuality and gender identity, it’s just not that simple. Read more for resources on how to feel supported in the journey of figuring out your identity.