Tag: Therapy

• So You’re Thinking About Starting Therapy…

  

  So you’re thinking about starting therapy. Congratulations! You are essentially now Dorothy at the beginning of the yellow brick road. You have no idea where it will take you, but the chances seem good that you will be cultivating your courage, heart, and mind. Here are a few general things to keep in mind as…

  Eliza

  August 31, 2022

  Therapy

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• Internalizing a Trustworthy Inner-Parent

  

  For the many people who had emotionally immature parents (or parents whose care fell somewhere on the spectrum of abuse), they may have never experienced a reliable caretaker. This can result in looking to friends or romantic partners to play the part of the parent they never had. It can also show up as having…

  Eliza

  August 23, 2022

  Therapy

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• What Can Therapy Offer Me?

  

  “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.“ – Carl Rogers When we are are able to accept and offer compassion towards the parts of ourselves we feel most negatively towards, real change becomes possible. If you never had unconditional care modeled for you in childhood or…

  Eliza

  August 22, 2022

  Therapy

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• The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, the Quarantimes: Self-Care in the Time of Corona

  

  I’d like to start this post out by acknowledging the privilege of my quarantine. I have no dependents aside from myself, I’m a white, able-bodied, cisgender person in a financial, emotional, physical and mental position that allows me to have what I imagine is quite an uncommon experience of this time.  Holy moly. What a…

  Eliza

  April 23, 2020

  Adulthood, Community, Growing up, Mindfulness, San Francisco, Self-Awareness, Self-care, Self-love

  Art, Corona, Expressive arts therapy, internal family systems, Life, parts work, san francisco, Selfcare, Selflove, Therapy, Volunteering

• On Paying Attention to Intention

  In the last few months I’ve felt better overall than I have in a long time. My current combination of self-care practices seem to be working well for the most part, and it feels good when I’m able to maintain a feeling of balance for extended periods of time. My main struggle continues to be…

  Eliza

  May 19, 2017

  Growing up, Mindfulness, Self-care

  Awareness, Growing up, Intention, Meditation, Practice, san francisco, Self-care, Self-love, Therapy, Thoughts