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A poem series from the eyes of a therapist

Why Do We Feel Powerlessness? | Here's the deal, clients in therapy feel a variety of things but a deeper look at what they are feeling can uncover quite a bit about their coping mechanisms, resources, and lived experiences. This post gives an insider look from the eyes of a therapist regarding a client with incredible loss. Read on...
Did You Know? Recovering From Infidelity Looks Different for Every Client | This post shares an insider look into one clients perspective of healing during recovery from the intimate partner betrayal in her marriage.
Does it Ever Feel Like No One Understands? | This post gives an insider look into a moment in therapy when a client felt unseen and unloved. Have you ever felt like the people in your life didn't value you, see you, or honor you? Take a look through the eyes of a therapist, read on...
Understanding Sexual Trauma | Trigger Warning: This post contains a story that may be sensitive or offensive to some. This post gives an inside look into how sexual trauma can be so painful and personal at the same time. See what a client experiences through the eyes of a therapist.
The Power of What Happens When You Start Sharing Your Story | Vulnerability can emerge in many ways. This blog post gives an inside look into the story of someone who risks sharing and gains power through the process. Trigger warning: This post contains a story of assault that may be sensitive or offensive to some.
Have You Ever Considered: What Role Do You Play in Your Spouses Affair? | Infidelity can be one of the most painful wounds for couples to recover from. But it's not impossible. In fact, many couples come out stronger than ever after a wound like this. This blog post shares a clip of what some couples struggle with in the healing process - forgiveness and recognizing the role each partner plays. Take a look through the eyes of a therapist!
Did You Know? Therapists Look Forward to Weekends Too! | This poem aligns therapists with the rest of the world. We are humans who look forward to the weekend, too! Take a look through the eyes of a therapist about the process of thinking and connecting with clients all week and getting a break on the weekend.
Does Anyone Want to Stay Married? | This post gives an inside look into the couples therapy process and the amount of clients that come in feeling hopeless and ready to give up on their bond. Read on...
Eight Common Emotions in Therapy | This post provides a look into the common emotions experienced in therapy, through poem form. Dig deeper into the eyes of a therapist and what eight emotions commonly surface. Plus, learn which emotion is often not as present in therapy.
Did You Know? Therapists Often Forget to Do This! | Many therapists have routines and patterns that they stick to when seeing clients. This post gives an insider look, in poem form, into something many therapists struggle to make time for in their busy day.
What Happens When Our Children Experience Our Worst Nightmare? | Trigger warning: This post contains information that may be triggering or offensive to some. This post explores, in poem form, the pain that adults and parents have in their own journey. This is the same pain they fear they children could experience. What happens when we cannot protect them and the pain happens again?
Did You Know? Feeling THIS in Therapy is Actually Normal? | Clients can feel a lot of emotions throughout the therapy process. This post gives an inside look, in poem form, into a common and normal emotion that typically emerges in therapy. Cheers!
Did You Know? Your Therapist May Have Thought THIS During Therapy! | The boundaries and ethics between therapists and clients are key. This post gives a look, through poem form, into an ethical challenge that many therapists experience when there is a strong connection with a client.
Did You Know? Clients Like to Come to Therapy on THIS Day! | This post explores, in poem form, common days clients like to come in to therapy. This post will uncover what feels special about therapy and why clients wants to come in on those particular days, cheers!
One of the Greatest Moments in Therapy | This post explores, in poem form, a celebratory moment in therapy when a client did something really incredible. Get an inside look into that process and how success in therapy feels, cheers!
Have You Ever Wondered: What Do Therapists Actually Do in a Therapy Session? | This post explores, in poem form, the intricacies of therapy and what being a therapist is like. The post details several examples of how a therapist works in a session. Cheers!
Have You Ever Explored Relational Healing in Therapy? | This post uncovers, in poem form, the healing journey that can happen when someone addresses their trauma, pain, and childhood wounds and learns to trust their partner. See how one person can heal and love all at once.
Despite THIS Anyone Can Feel Alone | This blog considers, in poem form, the type of people that come to therapy and the common link many of them share - loss of connection. Dig deeper into understanding what all humans long form and the importance of getting it despite THIS.
Have You Ever Wondered What Happens When You Finish Therapy? | This post considers, in poem form, what success looks like in the therapeutic process. It will show you how a motivated clients works through therapy and what happens when progress is complete. Cheers!
Did You Know? Women Have Affairs and Come to Therapy, Too! | This post explores, in poem form, a common stereotype in the mental health world - that women don't cheat. Some women do not understand how their broken marriage, unmet needs, and loss of self link to emotional and physical affairs. This blog post digs deeper into those patterns, read on...
Did You Know? In Therapy A lot of Clients Talk About Similar Experiences | This post explores, in poem form, how clients often come to therapy and talk about similar traumas or wounds, particularly during times of cultural movement. Take a look from the eyes of a therapist into a common and disheartening experience many women have.
Have You Ever Wondered What a Healthy Couples Looks Like in Therapy? | This post explores, in poem form, what a healthy couple looks like in therapy. Through the eyes of a therapist you'll uncover how couples act and respond in therapy, a true glimpse into authentic relationship love. Read on...
Did You Know? Therapists Get Triggered, Too! | This post considers, in poem form, what happens when a therapist looks in the mirror with a client and sees some of their own pain. This process is caused transference and therapists are taught how to manage their own reactions and experiences to their triggers. Learn more...
Did You Know? Sometimes Clients Do This in Therapy and it Really Means A lot! | This post explores, in poem form, something positive clients do in therapy that really can mean a lot to a therapist - giving feedback! Dive deeper into how that feedback can be useful for therapy and impact the therapist. I’ve had the joy of receiving positive feedback from several clients and today I share how those words swirl around in my head. Cheers!
Did You Know? Feeling Confused in Therapy is Normal | This blog examines, in poem form, the confusion and identity journey many clients experience.
Don't Do THIS in Couples Therapy | Sometimes couples therapy gets intense. It's hard, it's confusing, and many couples have a long way to go in their growth. Want to learn more about what to do and not to do in couples therapy? Read on...
THIS Caused my Most Stressful Day as a Therapist Ever | Curious what causes a therapist to stress? Or, what is difficult for a therapist to manage? This post offers a snapshot of what's stressful during therapy, read on!
What Feelings Are Most Common in Therapy? | Curious what clients feel when they come to therapy?
The Lasting Impact of Our Spouses Words | Have you ever felt frustrated or hurt from what your spouse has said? Do they regularly show anger toward you? Do you feel verbally abused by them? You are not alone. This poem targets the wounds some couples hear every day.
Did You Know That THIS is Actually Common in Therapy? | This poem shares a highly common experience in therapy. Whether you are attending therapy as an individual or couple, your mental health is precious, know that this pattern is common.
What Does Your Therapist Actually Think? | In that chair is a poem series by Dr. Kendra A. O'Hora, a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist. This expressive writing in the form of poetry gives clients, couples, and the world inside access into the mind of a therapist - what they see and how they are impacted every day. Curious to know what your therapist actually think? Read on, cheers!

In that Chair

Somatic Work: How We Break Through the Resistance to Change | This part rounds out a five part series on using the Enneagram for growth in relationships. Learn more about how resistance to change shows up in each of us and how we can work through that using our very own bodies. Cheers!

by Amanda & Dylan, Relationship Coaches, Enneagram Teachers If you’re doing inner work, then you already know of the little friend that we ALL have called ‘resistance’. Resistance arises in each of us when we feel triggered, when we are loosening our Type Structure (to learn more about Type Structure, check out Part I of […]

Couples, Growth, the Enneagram

November 30, 2020

Somatic Work: How We Break Through the Resistance to Change

Enneagram Do's and Don'ts in Relationship, Part III | Check out the third recommendation for using the Enneagram in your relationship. This post shares the importance of continuous growth and what that looks like, cheers!

by Amanda & Dylan, Relationship Coaches, Enneagram Teachers Well hello Monday morning! Today we are tackling our third and final Do/Don’t for using the Enneagram in Relationships. Our first post spoke to the importance of infusing humor and not weaponizing. Our second post tackled the value of being curious and the danger of filling in […]

Couples, Growth, the Enneagram

November 16, 2020

Enneagram Do’s and Don’ts in Relationship: Part III

Get the Inside Scoop: Relationships with Type Nine and Type Nine Mamas | Have you recently stumbled upon the wildly popular Enneagram? The Enneagram is a tool for compassion and curiosity in relationship with self and others. This blog explores what it's like being romantically partnered with the Enneagram Type Nine and what it's like being a Type Nine Mama! Cheers!

by Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, LCMFT The next installment in our Enneagram Summer Connect Series is live! HELLOOOOO Type Nine – we see you and adore you! We wanted to use this Summer of social distancing to our advantage and give ya’ll virtual connection with all Nine types on the Enneagram. Each week Amanda & Dylan will […]

Couples, Motherhood, the Enneagram

July 13, 2020

Get the Inside Scoop: Relationships with Type Nine and Type Nine Mamas

What's Next? How Couples Can THRIVE After COVID-19 | Have the last few months been confusing, overwhelming, anxiety provoking, or fueled with exhaustion? Has your romantic relationship taken a back seat? Check out these tips to help your relationship or marriage thrive after this global pandemic! Cheers!

by Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, LCMFT Well that was a doozy. You know what I’m talking about, right?…quarantine life. If you were in a state where social distancing or shelter-in-place was enacted then you know the language I’m speaking. Quarantine life is no. stinkin’. joke. And for many of us, that quarantine life is slowly […]

Couples

May 8, 2020

What Next? How Couples Can Thrive After Uncertain Times

One Key Question to Ask Your Partner After the COVID-19 Pandemic | Curious how to thrive and survive as a couple after COVID-19? Check out this blog to learn one key question you can ask your partner and be on the path toward hope, healing, and couple togetherness. Cheers!

by Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, LCMFT This social distancing, quarantine, shelter-in-place life has us all seriously rattled. And, we keep being teased that it’s coming to an end… Relationship wise, I’ve heard of people needing: a quarantine from their spouse, some serious spaceeeeee, a vacation all by themselves, and perhaps the most disheartening… a separation […]

Communication, Couples, Quick Tips

April 29, 2020

One Key Question to Ask Your Partner After These Uncertain Times

Three Relationship Goals for Quarantine | Curious how to survive and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic? These three tried and true couples therapy tips can help your romantic relationship during any stressful time. Check out the best ways to help your couples bond stay strong during quarantine! Cheers!

by Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, LCMFT Are you living that quarantine life? Yep, me too. In some senses, it hasn’t been terrrribllleee – we did get served up Tiger King! In other respects its been pretty emotionally and physically draining. Here’s a snapshot: I’ve had some clients struggle with their sobriety because they can’t work […]

Couples, Quick Tips

April 24, 2020

Three Relationship Goals for the Challenging Moments of 2020

Seven Crucial Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Tele-therapy During the Quarantine | Curious whether tele-therapy is right for you? This post explores seven questions that can help you make a decision right now. It's time to prioritize your relationship bond; get started with couples therapy today! Cheers!

by Dr. Kendra A. O’Hora, LCMFT Let me guess, you’ve seen an ad on Instagram or Facebook advertising the uber promoted tele-health and now you’re wondering what all the hub-bub is about?! Curiosity and interest in where the mental health world is headed and how that impacts you is completely normal (and, healthy!), especially during […]

Uncategorized

April 15, 2020

Seven Crucial Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Tele-therapy in 2020

A Complete Guide to Starting Couples Therapy: Kickstart Your Bond with Healing and Hope Today | This post digs deep into our latest resource, an e-course designed to help you uncover whether couples therapy is the next step for you! Curious about how couples therapy works and whether your marriage is ready? Read on!

Interested in understanding common myths of therapy and what the therapy process is all about? Check out our latest blog and e-course!

Couples, Featured, Quick Tips, Wellness Center Updates

November 4, 2019

A Complete Guide to Starting Couples Therapy: Kickstart Your Bond with Healing and Hope Today

Healing the Hurt: Navigating Infidelity in Eight Easy Steps | Have you suffered a betrayal, infidelity, or an affair? Have you struggled to feel like your marriage or relationship can survive? Have you felt like you want to heal and forgive but don't know how? This post uncovers the truth about infidelity, cheating, and intimate partner wounds. You'll see the light during this dark time with practical next steps.

Many couples do not even know where to begin after an affair. They ask themselves whether they’ll even be able to survive. We can help!

Couples, Growth, Infidelity & Betrayal, Trauma

July 23, 2019

Healing the Hurt: Navigating Infidelity in Eight Easy Steps

Have You Ever Explored Relational Healing in Therapy? | This post uncovers, in poem form, the healing journey that can happen when someone addresses their trauma, pain, and childhood wounds and learns to trust their partner. See how one person can heal and love all at once.

What does a healthy couple healing together in therapy look like? Here’s a sneak peak!

Poems

September 21, 2018

Have You Ever Explored Relational Healing in Therapy?

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