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How Do People Change in Therapy?
Change is a funny thing. We can want something very deeply, and then when we actually get it, we're terrified. Or we might go around...
Michelle Carchrae
Mar 262 min read
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Healing from the Past
When the skeletons in your closet keep bursting out at the worst possible time, that's a clue that there is something in your past that...
Michelle Carchrae
Feb 193 min read
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Women and Anger
Many of my clients are women who are struggling in one way or another with their anger. It's easy to spot when your anger is big and...
Michelle Carchrae
Jan 52 min read
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Adult ADHD Diagnosis: Does it matter?
If you're seeing a flood of content about ADHD and are starting to wonder if you have it, is it worth seeking an official diagnosis?...
Michelle Carchrae
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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Bringing Together IFS Parts Work and Embodied Experiential Dreamwork
Inner parts and dreams both open up and unfold into experiences of deep meaning when we bring curiosity, compassion and courage to the...
Michelle Carchrae
Jul 11, 20243 min read
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Journaling Your Therapy Experiences
If you're doing therapy, you're already committing to a process of self-reflection. Journaling is something that can help support your...
Michelle Carchrae
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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Therapy for Peak Performance
How can therapy help us perform at our best? Imagine trying to work with one hand tied behind your back. When we have a bunch of stuff...
Michelle Carchrae
Mar 3, 20242 min read
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6 Reasons Why Going to Therapy is Like Going to the Gym
As a culture, we’re more familiar with what goes into getting healthy physically than what it takes to get healthy mentally. However,...
Michelle Carchrae
Feb 8, 20244 min read
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Focusing Oriented Therapy: A Journey into Inner Wisdom and Healing
If you’ve ever wondered, “what makes therapy work?” you’re not alone. Eugene Gendlin asked that same question back in the 1960’s when he...
Michelle Carchrae
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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Change and Pushback Reactions
We all know that it can be hard to change, even when you really want to. So when we actually begin to achieve the changes we have been...
Michelle Carchrae
Jan 8, 20243 min read
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What's the Point of Feeling Emotions?
I just want to feel happy all the time, what's wrong with that? So many people ask me, "what's the point of feeling sad?" It's actually...
Michelle Carchrae
Dec 14, 20233 min read
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Internal Family Systems Therapy
Is this popular style of therapy right for you? Here's a little background on IFS and a guided reflection process that can help you find...
Michelle Carchrae
Dec 4, 20234 min read
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Nightmare Treatment and Dreamwork
When most people think of dreamwork, they often imagine a patient reclining on a couch, re-telling their dream to a rather stiff Freudian...
Michelle Carchrae
Nov 25, 20232 min read
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