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I Don't Want To!

By Anne Hosey, LPC

Depression Mental Health Therapy Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Anxiety

Working with Parts

Posted: November 15, 2024

Do recent events, or just life in general, have you hiding under the covers and saying "I don't want to"? I can relate! I’ll bet your mind works a lot like my mind, and bonus points if you, like me, said "I don't want to" in the last day, or even within the last hour. Thoughts like “I don’t want to” and “I can’t” often come along with feelings of apathy, disengagement, and overwhelm; a murky soup of anxiety, depression, and apathy. Maybe it's time to explore the "I don't want to" part of us and get to know her a little better.

Q&A with a Therapist Part III: We're all Humans Here

By Anne Hosey, LPC

Mental Health Therapy

Posted: June 17, 2024

In my last blog post on the process of therapy, I promised I’d be back in two weeks with some juicy process-related questions. And then…I got really sick. But now I’m back! And we’re on to part three of my Q&A with a therapist installment. Part three's questions are the “hot potatoes” I mentioned in my last post, like what to do if therapy isn’t working, how to handle your therapist pissing you off, and what we therapists like to do in our spare time.

Q&A with a Therapist Part II: It's a Process

By Anne Hosey, LPC

Mental Health Therapy

Posted: May 13, 2024

In my last post I attempted to answer some nitty gritty therapy-related questions like “what is therapy?”, “what is a therapist?”, and “how do I find one?” Here in part two we’ll explore questions related to the process of therapy, and what happens in the background once you and your shiny new therapist are sitting in a room together. Whereas describing the logistics of therapy is relatively straightforward, talking about the process of therapy might get a little…vague. It’s energetic, relational, nervous system, and attachment-based stuff. Let's get meta together!

Q&A with a Therapist Part I: The Nitty Gritty

By Anne Hosey, LPC

Mental Health Therapy

Posted: April 29, 2024

Starting therapy can be a leap into the unknown, and it makes sense to have questions. I’m an actual real life therapist, and today I’ll answer some of them for you. Here in part one I’ll focus on answering the more nitty gritty-type questions—I’ll share some terms and definitions, and respond to inquiries about the process of starting therapy.