A foundational principle of cognitive behavioral theory and also much of human philosophy is the idea of perspective. Whether it is found...

There’s a reason Winnie the Pooh has lived in our collective imagination for nearly a century. It isn’t just the honey or the gentle humor. It’s the simple truth tucked inside the Hundred Acre Wood. Every character carries something hard, something tender, something human. And yet nobody is trying to fix anybody else. They walk together. They belong to one another. At Integrated Mental Health Associates, that’s exactly the kind of space we work to create. A place where people

Most people come into therapy believing the goal is to “fix communication.” They think if they just said the right words, at the right time, in the right tone, everything would fall into place. But the longer I sit with couples, the more I see the deeper truth. Communication is rarely the real problem. The real problem is that two people are trying to navigate a relationship without enough self to bring to the table. That is where differentiation comes in. Differentiation is

When couples walk through our doors, they usually come with one of two fears. Either they are afraid it is already too late, or they are...