Posts by People House
It’s Not Your Job to Save the Whales || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
Times are tough. Pick your issue: politics, the environment, inequity, the economy. It’s hard to sleep through the night. Most of us wake at 3:00a.m. when we can’t be saved by a long To Do list, and ruminate about the state of the world. Does protesting do anything? Is backyard composting helping? Would donating money actually clean up rivers? My…
Read MoreWhat Feels Natural Might Be Stunting Your Creativity || By Phannie Krentzman
We’ve all heard of the comfort zone, but how does that play out when it comes to creating and listening to our bodies? There’s a difference between what feels natural and what comes naturally, and when it comes to creating, what feels natural might be limiting what you’re capable of. Oftentimes, when something feels natural it…
Read MoreThe In-Between: On Never Quite Landing— And Learning to Be Okay With That || By Annabelle Denmark, LPC
I am 47 years old. I have now lived outside my birth country for longer than I ever lived inside it. Do the math, and somewhere in my late twenties, a quiet threshold was crossed — one I didn’t notice at the time, but that I feel in my bones every single day. I belong…
Read MoreSex Therapy: What it is, What it isn’t, and What to know before starting || By TJ Dubovich, MA, MFTC
What Sex Therapy Is Sex therapy is a specialized form of talk therapy that focuses on sexual health, intimacy, and relationship dynamics. It’s grounded in psychology, communication, and evidence-based techniques—not performance or physical demonstrations (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists – AASECT), A sex therapist helps individuals and couples explore concerns such as:…
Read MoreNervous System Care: A Simple Way to Come Back to Yourself || By Bre Smith, LPCC
The moments we need support the most are often the moments we forget what actually helps. A big part of both my personal self-care and my clinical work with clients in my private practice, Wild Alchemy Counseling, is nervous system care. This is what I want to explore today. We all need this kind of…
Read MoreWhere Do We Go From Here?: Moving Through Grief to Cultivate our Aliveness || By Taylor Arroganté-Reyes, LPCC
When I sat down to write this, I knew I wanted to talk about the psychological work that’s swirling around me as a therapist. More specifically, the work around me as a therapist in 2026 in the United States who works with folks at an intersection of many forms of marginalization. My fingers hovered over…
Read MoreHot Takes || By Beth Hinnen, Certifed Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
These days, it feels like things are happening at the speed of light. No matter what is on your news feed, chances are you are seeing headlines by the handfuls come across minute by minute. Each headline typically proclaims this event is a “disaster,” an “atrocity” with “long-term impacts,” or it is “epic,” “unprecedented” and…
Read MoreChoose Your Compensation Carefully || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
In the world of couples therapy, Love Language is a staple. For those of you unfamiliar with the idea, the gist is that we prefer to receive love in ways that meet our own particular emotional needs over general acts of love. That is, when people we love show up for us, it’s better if they do…
Read MorePerfection: Creativity’s Kryptonite || By Phannie Krentzman
What is perfection? “The condition, state or quality of being free or free as possible from all flaws or defects.” This definition, from Webster, requires an agreement of what that condition of perfection means. Where does that idea come from? How do we construct the ideal perfection, why do we need perfection and what does…
Read MoreWhen Emotions Take Over: Working with Parts Instead of Fighting Them || By Annabelle Denmark, LPC
Life brings uncertainty, loss, and relational pain. When it does, our nervous systems react. Tension rises. Big feelings surface—fear, anger, loneliness, rejection. If those feelings build without support, they can push us toward extreme coping strategies: addiction, self-harm, suicidal thoughts. For people who have experienced ongoing or repeated trauma, these emotional states can begin to…
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