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By Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, Ph.D., LCMFT READING TIME: 6 MINUTES “Would you like to do a 90-minute session next week?” Recently, my therapist asked me if I wanted to switch to a 90-minute session. Since we’ve had a long-standing relationship and I really trust her, I thought – why not?! Two weeks later, I’m […]
By Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach CLC, MNLP READING TIME: 3 MINUTES In the intricate dance of human connections, our attachment styles play a significant role. These styles, rooted in our early experiences with caregivers, influence how we relate and connect to others emotionally and behaviorally. What often goes unnoticed is how these attachment styles can […]
By Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach CLC, MNLP READING TIME: 5 MINUTES Infidelity is a profound breach of trust that can shatter the foundation of even the strongest relationships. The aftermath of betrayal is often characterized by a whirlwind of emotions, including pain, anger, and disillusionment. However, amidst the wreckage, there exists a glimmer of hope: […]
By Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach CLC, MNLP READING TIME: 4 MINUTES The older I get (and the more I work with couples) the more I realize the importance of playfulness, pleasure, and presence in our relationships. Life can be really dang hard sometimes, it can be wildly stressful, and in the thick of adulting we […]
By Ana Rogers, LGPC, NCC READING TIME: 5 minutes Hi again, friends! If you’ve ever been in session with me, you’ve probably heard me say something along the lines of, “What would it feel like to set a boundary here?” or “What do boundaries look like for you in this situation?”. One thing I’ve learned […]
By Amanda Clegg CLC, M.LNP, Relationship Coach READING TIME: 7 minutes You know how much we love the Enneagram here at Wellness & Co., so we sat down with one of our resident Enneagram experts, Amanda, to ask her some q’s that we frequently get (and are just curious about ourselves too!) Side note: Did […]
By Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPC READING TIME: 6 minutes One of the questions I often ask clients is “Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?” I’m usually asking this when we’re exploring concepts of life purpose and core values. I’m not one who believes that our values have to […]
By Kendra A. O’Hora, Ph.D., LCMFT READING TIME: 4 minutes Gaslighting – The Word of the Year Did you know that gaslighting was the 2022 Merriam-Webster’s word of the year? We are living in a time when words like gaslighting, abuse, toxicity, trauma, narcissism, etc. are thrown around a lot. In some instances, these terms […]
By Ana Rogers, LGPC, NCC READING TIME: 5 minutes Hi hi! So glad you stopped by. You are not alone if today’s blog feels personally relevant. It also resonates with me. It took me a hot minute to settle on this topic, all thanks to the analysis paralysis that seizes my brain when I feel […]
By Dr. Kendra O’Hora, Ph.D., LCMFT READING TIME: 4 minutes “My winter nights are taken up by static Stress and holiday shopping traffic” -Taylor Swift Quoting the Most Popular Person on the Planet, of Course!Seems only appropriate to round out the year with a quote from Time’s Person of the Year – none other than […]
At the end of May 2019, we wrapped up the first birth trauma therapy group here at Wellness & Co. For eight weeks, four mamas learned; developed relationships; processed through hurt, pain, abandonment, and anger; and worked on forgiving themselves for not making choices they might have made had they felt empowered to do so. It was a privilege for me to watch them work through their struggles together, especially as a survivor of birth trauma myself. It was amazing to watch a mother soften in her judgement of herself and also feel completely accepted by those around her, something that these women admitted to previously not feeling very often, if ever.
When I started seeing clients in Maryland five years ago I noticed that people often had the same comments or questions regarding the therapeutic process. They typically go something like this: “but you haven’t experienced [parenting] so you don’t really know what its like,” “you must have the perfect marriage,” “I didn’t want to come because people in therapy have real problems and ours isn’t a problem,” “I figured that if I came to therapy once a week something would change”
….these types of comments and more go on and on. In short, people think ALL sorts of things about therapy.
Do you ever feel like your relationship is stuck? Running on autopilot? Or completely thrown off course?
I get it, I really do. I want you to know that if you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re normal. Your relationship is totally, 100%, normal.
We all get stuck. We all let our relationships run on cruise control without the proper love and attention they need. And, we all let our partnerships run off course. All of us, even therapists.