I know what you may be thinking: why would I go to a mental health practitioner to work on my chronic pain? I felt the same way. I went to two doctors, three physical therapists, a handful of...

EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, has been a trending therapy in recent years. I’ve seen various Tik Toks about the helpfulness of EMDR as a type of trauma therapy, and for...

“Other people have it so much worse than me, so I shouldn’t feel the way I do.” “Because I have caused harm to my partner, I am not allowed to have needs or feelings in my relationship.” “It’s not a...

I’ve noticed since the storm, I have felt more sensitive to the weather. I find myself wincing or feeling a bit off on really windy days. That rain makes me feel tired, sometimes a sunny cool day...

So many of us want to feel better. We want to stop feeling so sad, tired, anxious, and depressed. As a therapist, my North Star is that a large part of how we feel better is by actually being with...

Hello! This is Claire Robinson, one of the newest counselors to join the Mending Roots team. It’s not often you get the chance to learn about your counselor/potential counselors, so I thought I’d...

I ask myself this a lot, frankly. The tropes, archetypes, narratives, and socially informed values of what masculine is and isn't are, well, everywhere. Masculine identifying individuals face a...

Imagine a room. Inside this room there is everything you need. Only, it isn’t a room, because it has no walls, no floor, no ceiling. And it doesn’t exist only in your imagination- it is real and...

Life can feel like a rollercoaster—full of unexpected bumps, turns, and drops. We often wear masks of “everything’s fine” to keep it all together, while inside, we’re unraveling. But vulnerability,...

We can only learn how to manage and soothe an emotion that we allow ourselves to feel. And kids can only learn how to regulate emotions we allow them to feel. And yet, this acceptance and allowance...

A Death doula, also known as an end-of-life doula, death midwife, or (the incredibly rad sounding) death walker, is someone who accompanies and supports people who are preparing for and navigating...

Dear Reader, It is February when I am sitting down to write this. The light outside my window is bright, but diffused and harsh as it fights its way through heavy cloud cover. I too am feeling heavy...