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Is It Trauma or Anxiety? Understanding the Overlap and What to Do About It
Something Feels Off—But You Can’t Quite Name It ... is it Trauma or Anxiety? You’re restless. On edge. Hyper-aware of your surroundings. Maybe you can’t sleep, or your heart races in moments that don’t make sense. People have told you, “You just have...
Part 4: Medication Management for Anxiety – The Return Home
Finding Your Way Back to Peace with Medication Management for Anxiety In every hero’s journey, there comes a moment of return—a crossing back into life, but with new awareness, strength, and clarity. For those who’ve wrestled with anxiety and trauma, this return often...
Part 3: Medication Management for Anxiety – The Guide Appears
When the Right Help Shows Up - Medication Management for Anxiety is Possible Every hero needs a guide. In stories, it's often a wise mentor who shows the way forward—someone who’s walked the path and understands what it takes to move through fear. Or, someone who...
Part 2: Medication Management for Anxiety – Crossing the Threshold Toward Healing
Saying Yes to Help After years of holding it together; white-knuckling through anxiety, a quiet thought begins to surface:“Maybe I don’t have to do this alone anymore.” That’s the moment—the threshold. It’s the first step across an invisible line, from survival into...
Part 1: The Quiet Struggle – When Anxiety Becomes a Constant Companion
When Anxiety Becomes a Constant Companion, chances are medication management for anxiety can help. There’s a unique pain in trying to manage anxiety alone. It’s the ache of smiling through panic attacks, of lying awake in the dark while your heart races, of telling...
Medication Management for Anxiety: A 4-Part Series for Trauma Survivors
The Hidden Battle: Why We Created This Series For many trauma survivors—especially veterans—medication management for anxiety feels like a last resort. You’re taught to tough it out, stay strong, and push through. But what happens when anxiety becomes an unshakable...
Meet Angelyn Ritt, LSW!
A Message from Angelyn I believe everyone possesses the innate capacity for growth and healing. You are not broken and do not need fixing. As your therapist in Wheat Ridge, CO, I will walk alongside you as you reconnect with your strength and resilience. Therapy is...
The Hidden Harm of Toxic Positivity in Grief: Embracing Authenticity Through a Gestalt Lens
Positivity often carries the promise of hope and resilience. However, when positivity becomes toxic, it can undermine authentic emotional experiences, especially in the context of grief and loss. Gestalt therapy’s emphasis on awareness and contact offers a pathway to...
Navigating Relationship Connection in a Divisive Political Climate
Today's political discussions often feel like walking through a minefield, creating a vast amount of political climate anxiety. Whether it’s a heated debate on social media, differing viewpoints at family gatherings, or unspoken tension with a partner, the political...