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psychology and therapy


Recommending Therapy Without Offending Your Patient: A Guide for Healthcare Providers
As a physical therapist, physician, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, or other healthcare provider, you may occasionally notice something that extends beyond your scope of practice. Maybe a patient is experiencing chronic pain that seems intertwined with significant stress or anxiety. Maybe they become visibly overwhelmed discussing their symptoms. Perhaps you notice patterns of avoidance, grief, trauma responses, body image concerns, relationship stress, or emotional distres

Grace Putz
Aug 315 min read


The Male Loneliness Epidemic: Why Men's Mental Health Affects All of Us
The male loneliness epidemic isn't just a men's issue. Learn why men's mental health affects families, relationships, and communities—and how we can respond with both accountability and compassion.

Grace Putz
Aug 66 min read


Is Anger Truly a Secondary Emotion?
This article explores emotional expression, intellectualizing, and the idea that anger is a secondary emotion.

Grace Putz
May 128 min read


How Can We Be Better Villagers? Community-building from a relational trauma therapist
Everyone wants a village these days but many don’t want to be a villager or don’t know how. This article will discuss small ways you improve your mental health by building community and finding a sense of belonging from a relational trauma therapist.

Grace Putz
Apr 277 min read


Experiencing Dread about the World?
Utilizing Joy as Defiance is More Important Now Than Ever Many people in the world are having a really difficult time right now both individually and systemically. We are experiencing the brink of war, poor leadership, censorship, inflation, and division in a way that many Americans have not experienced ever before in their lifetimes. The world feels simultaneously bleak and on fire. People feel exhausted, burnt out, frustrated, lost, restless, and even hopeless. This makes p

Grace Putz
Mar 198 min read
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