Mindfulness is often praised for its ability to calm the mind—but in therapy, calm isn’t always the goal. In this post, I reflect on Ezra Klein’s conversation with Mark Epstein to explore how repetitive thoughts can carry meaning, not just distress. When mindfulness is used to suppress rather than support emotional insight, we risk reinforcing the very patterns we hope to change. Psychoanalytic therapy invites a different kind of listening.

Understanding the landscape of mental health — and why an integrated therapeutic approach offers more than symptom relief

When money is tight, therapy can feel like an impossible expense. Finding a way to care for yourself within your means can be difficult, but

Distress tolerance and the window of tolerance are concepts that help us understand how individuals navigate stress and overwhelm.

The Mind-Body Connection in Integrated Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Understanding Somatic Symptomatology From headaches to back pain and...

Understanding the basics of depression. Am I depressed? Hopeful news about a highly treatable condition.

The list of issues that can strain a partnership while struggling to have a child is very long. Couples therapy offers a path to heal.

Vulnerability can bring you closer to others but not everyone has learned how to do it.

Therapy is not about 'fixing' you, but rather empowering you to discover your own strengths and resilience.

Making the Most Out of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

When and why to start premarital couples counselling or therapy? You and your partner are engaged and busy planning your wedding. You may...