A collection of articles on anxiety, trauma, and healing — some written by me, others curated from trusted sources in the mental health field. Browse at your own pace.
Anxiety is often maintained by the very strategies we use to manage it. This article explores how avoidance reinforces fear and what evidence-based approaches can help break the cycle.
Read articleEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can feel unfamiliar before you start. Here I walk through the eight phases of EMDR and what clients typically experience along the way.
Read articleTraditional talk therapy works top-down — from thoughts to feelings. Bottom-up approaches start with the body's sensations and nervous system responses. Learn why this distinction matters for trauma recovery.
Read articleGrief has no timetable and no deadline to meet. Elita Wong, PMHNP-BC of La Lune Integrative Psychiatry explores what grief actually looks like, why it resurfaces, and what modern research tells us about non-linear healing.
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