What Does It Mean – A Therapist’s Perspective on Expectations in Healing
By Shoshana Thaler, MA, NCC, CSAT Candidate What does it mean to be an effective therapist? What does it take for you to know that you have been successful? When your clients come to you for help, what do they expect from you? “Fix me, heal me, tell me that although I...
The Buffalo and the Cattle: Meeting the Storm
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Fractured
The following poem was written by an Untethered Therapy client, under her pen name Emberwing. The poem explores her journey from abuse and trauma through healing and recovery. This client credits a combination of EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and...
Reading our Sexual Scripts
By Cecilia Wishneski, Clinical Mental Health Intern Think back to how you learned about sex growing up. Take a Look… Did you receive formal education on sex at all? In 2023, thirty-eight (38) states plus the District of Columbia require sex education for students in...
Sleep Like Your Life Depends On It. Because It Does.
By Becca Hovermale, Clinical Mental Health Intern We all know that lack of sleep can leave an adolescent - or any human being for that matter - irritable, but did you know that it can also negatively impact one’s memory retention and immune function? Lack of sleep can...
Emotions and Mindfulness: The Power of Meditation
Pause for just a moment and recall the last time someone asked you how your day was. Typically, our response to this question is quick: “Good, thanks!” or “Ugh, terrible!” If it’s a good day, we list everything positive that happened to us; if it’s a bad day, we...
Five Ways to Learn to Love Valentine’s Day Again
By Cecilia Wishneski, Clinical Mental Health InternEvery year, Valentine’s Day seems to sneak up; yet, Valentine’s Day is thrown in our faces 24/7 for nearly two months leading up to it. Despite the chocolates, stuffed bears, and roses in stores the day after New...
The Imperfect Realities of Perfectionism
By Elizabeth Sabatino, Clinical Mental Health InternPerfectionism. We hear it so often in today’s world. What does it mean to you? Do you immediately identify with it? Do you have a visual in mind of a close friend who falls under this category? Did you know...
Anatomy of a Hack: Psychological Tactics Hackers and Scammers Use — and How to Protect Yourself
There are many wonderful things about technological advancements and support in our daily lives. I am grateful for my smartphone that doubles as an alarm clock, personal calendar, connection tool, GPS, access to music and entertainment as well as scriptures and...
ADHD, Addiction and Trauma: The Trifecta
By Heather Putney, PhD, LMFT, CSAT, EMDR-CIT As I write this post, many of my “parts” are very activated. I have excited parts, fearful parts, nerdy/academic parts, helper parts and “not good enough parts” that are nervous about how this information will land. I put...
The Journey to IFS: Breaking through Blocks in Trauma Therapy
Although I am relatively new to Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, I have been a trauma therapist since 2013. In the early stages of my career, I tried to get as much training in trauma work (from graduate school or CEU events) as possible, but I found myself...
IFS – Trauma Therapy That Accepts ALL Our Parts
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) is a model of psychotherapy that theorizes that every human individual is composed of discrete “parts” or sub-personalities, as well as a core “self”. IFS therapy, founded by Dr. Richard Schwartz in the 1980s and supported now by...
Tackling Life’s Storms: A lesson from Nature
Tackling Life's Storms: A lesson from Nature Buffalo and cattle, like many animals, can sense when a storm is coming. However, their strategies for taking on life’s storms couldn't be more different. Cattle instinctively protect themselves by turning away and...
How do we protect our mental health and wellness when the world suddenly feels less safe?
By Chris Burd, Masters Level Counseling Intern With 24/7 news coverage and global social media connections, many of us in the United States are witnessing the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in real-time along with the rest of the world. After two...
Want to feel better? There’s a hormone (or neurotransmitter) for that!
By Meredith Maloney, Master's-Level Counseling Intern I am not going to get too heavy into science here (hopefully the title did not lose you already), but I do want to nerd-out a little about how our bodies are amazing and equipped to make us feel good! The...