After more than twenty years as a therapist, I thought I understood healing pretty well. People come to therapy because something hurts. Anxiety. Trauma. Depression. Relationship struggles. Grief. We talk about it. We build insight. We teach tools. We connect dots. Sometimes I offer perspective or insight. We practice healthier ways of coping. Healing happens. Right? At least, that is how I understood therapy for most of my career. And to be clear: I still deeply believe in t

Research suggests PTSD can remain chronic for many individuals, sometimes lasting decades without adequate treatment. In a recent study involving veterans with chronic PTSD, participants reported living with symptoms for an average of 19 years prior to treatment (Sessa et al., 2024).

What New Research Says About Better Patient Care in California When people think about ketamine or esketamine treatment, they often focus only on the medication. However, new research shows that how a patient feels during the session may be just as important as the medicine itself . A 2022 study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry found that patients receiving (es)ketamine for treatment resistant depression had better experiences and outcomes when they felt emotionally prep