If you have been through something that left your nervous system on high alert, you have probably been told to relax. Breathe. Meditate. Try yoga. Maybe you tried. Maybe it made you want to put your fist through a wall. I want to say something that might come as a relief. You are not failing at calming down. Your body is doing exactly what it learned to do, and it learned it for a reason. Your body is not broken. It is armed. When people talk about fight, flight, or freeze, m

If you are looking into online counseling, one rule sits underneath everything else: Counseling takes place in the state where you are physically located at the time of your appointment. Not where you live. Not where I am. Where you are sitting when we meet. That single rule shapes which counselors you can see, and it shapes whether your insurance will pay. Where I Am Licensed I am fully licensed in Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, and Florida. Ohio is my home state and where I see cl