Are you longing for real, lasting change in your life—but feel stuck in the same cycles, no matter how hard you try? Maybe you’ve been in therapy for months or years, working hard to understand your struggles, but your body still feels tense. Or perhaps...
Why I Expanded Growing Branches Counseling into a Group Practice (and What That Means for You) When I founded Growing Branches Counseling, my goal was simple: to help people heal. To create a space where therapy didn’t feel clinical or cold—but rather, warm, human, and...
Dissociation is a mental process that involves disconnecting from your own thoughts, feelings, memories, or personal identity, often in response to a traumatic event. It can cause you to: Believe that the world around you is distorted or unreal Experience sudden mood swings Have trouble...
If you’ve been researching self-care practices, you may have come across something known as journaling. But what is journaling, exactly, and what can it do to improve your mental, emotional, and even physical health? Journaling, at its core, is the regular practice of writing down...