When people hear the phrase secure attachment, they often imagine an idealized relationship one without conflict, miscommunication, or emotional distance. In reality, secure attachment is not about perfection. It is about safety, repair, and emotional availability in the ordinary moments of daily life. Secure attachment...
How Trauma Affects Desire: A Therapist’s Guide to Reclaiming Intimacy For many people, changes in sexual desire don’t come from a lack of love, attraction, or effort. Instead, they’re rooted in something deeper and often misunderstood: trauma. Trauma doesn’t just live in memory, it lives...
Embodying Groundedness By David Ernst, LCSW Whether we feel anxiety, panic, stress, sadness, guilt, regret, or anything else, we can feel sometimes like the ground is removed from under our feet. We can feel uncertain, unsteady, and feel like whichever way emotions or thoughts are...
Men’s Mental Health in the New Year: Building Emotional Strength Without Shame The start of a new year often brings messages about discipline, productivity, and “getting tougher.” For many men, these cultural expectations can quietly reinforce the idea that emotional struggle is a personal failure...