Notes & Videos on Therapy
Educational Reflections on Therapy, Trauma, and the Inner World
Since 2023, I have been recording my reflections on mental health, trauma therapy, self-care, identity, and the inner world and sharing them on my YouTube channel. In 2026 I began converting the transcripts from my videos into blog posts and sharing them here along with the original videos.
Disclaimer: All of the content I share online is for educational and reflective purposes only and is not a substitute for therapy or personalized care. I reference my poetry collection in some of my public YouTube videos as part of my creative work. These mentions are not intended for therapy clients, and my therapy practice and author business remain separate. I do not promote or sell my creative work in therapy, and engagement with it is always optional. Please remember that likes, comments, subscribing, and messages on YouTube or any other social media platform are public and not a private or secure way to share personal information. If you would like to contact me regarding my therapy services, please do so directly via phone or email.
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A Healing Light Visualization for Grounding and Release
Today I’d like to share one of my favorite guided visualizations. This practice can be helpful if you’re wanting to feel more grounded, or if you’re noticing that you’re holding a lot of tension or emotional activation in your body. It’s a visualization I often return to myself, and one that I regularly adapt in…
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Self-Awareness & The Unconscious
What We Don’t Know About Ourselves How can we become more self-aware, especially when self-awareness requires knowing what we don’t know about ourselves? In this reflection, I want to share a little about the unconscious and how depth psychology has shaped my own relationship to insight, awareness, and humility. When I talk about self-awareness here,…
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Containment Strategies
Containment, Embodiment, Structure, and Expression Today I want to talk a little about containment along with embodiment, structure, and expression, and how these ideas can sometimes support us when we feel stuck or overwhelmed. I’m holding a literal container as I write this: a small recipe box. When I’m ruminating or caught in a thought…
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Strategies for Self-Expression
When it’s Hard to Find the Words: Using Images, Symbols, and Indirect Expression There are times when we know we want to express something, but the words just aren’t there. We might feel pressure building inside, a sense that something needs to be said, and yet when we try to speak, the words disappear. Sometimes…