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By: Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach, CLC, M.NLP READING TIME: 4 MINUTES As I sit here beginning to write this blog, contemplating how I want it to begin, a song keeps coming to mind that played a huge role in the inspiration for it. These words feel like the perfect way to introduce a topic that […]
by Amanda Clegg, Relationship Coach, CLC, M.NLP READING TIME: 5 MINUTES This statement always gets a laugh from my clients after they tell me they don’t like it, they’re afraid of it, or they don’t want to feel it. But I do, I reeeally love anger. And I’m not talkin’ about the explosive, yelling, swearing, […]
By Jessica Smith, LCPCCo-Author Dr. Kendra O’Hora, Ph.D., LCMFT READING TIME: 5 MINUTES Well, yes. But, not in the juicy HBO gossip sense you may be thinking of. And thank goodness – what’s portrayed on TV is most often not ethical! But yes, most therapists (not all) talk about their clients in what’s called clinical […]
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 Erin Newton, LCPC, PMH-C Hello everyone and Happy *almost* Fall! The practice has been really hoppin’ this summer, and that includes our referrals and requests for services! With four months left in the year we have already surpassed our number of calls from last year. We are honored and humbled to be this trusted […]
By Jessica Smith & Dylan Vanz Alright, men- this one’s for you! At Wellness & Co, we’ve received some feedback that we need to publish more blogs geared toward men. As such, this blog aims to tackle why it can be so hard for men to seek therapy, providing some useful insights from our very […]
By Rebecca Horch, BACYC, CPC Parents, I have something to say that you might have a hard time hearing. When you put your kid in therapy, nothing is going to happen…for a really long time. It’ll cost a lot of money, and take a lot of time, and you will feel frustrated that all you […]
Hello readers – I hope this blog finds you well! Today, I’d like to spend some time focused on midlife transitions, particularly in women ages 40 through 60. That’s right…this one’s for you, ladies! First, A Few Questions: Are you finding yourself in a new phase of life and suddenly unhappy in your marriage or […]
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.