A Beginner’s Guide to Drama Bonding
For most people, conflict is scary, dysregulating to relationships, and an experience that makes us tiptoe around others. But that’s not true for everyone. Enter: …
Relationships
An Illustrated Resource on How to Build Relationships in a Pandemic
Can we take a moment to collectively acknowledge how hard this is right now? With everything going on, we need people more than …
Healthy Differentiation is the Boundary Between Individual Identity and Group Think
Healthy groups allow every member to express their individuality without that difference being seen by other group members as a threat. That’s differentiation. In a …
Ruptures, Disagreements, and Misunderstandings in Therapy
This simple illustration represents something that can be hard to understand about therapy: It’s okay to not see eye to eye with your therapist. Ruptures …
Print Your Own Psychology Valentines
You’ve seen my Halloween themed ghost attachment styles doodles, now here’s the Valentine version! Purchase Valentine Digital PDF: Order A 3-Pack of Psychology Valentines Directly …
Demonstrating Trustworthiness Builds Bridges that Self-Advertisement Cannot
Demonstrating our trustworthiness builds relational bridges that self-advertisement cannot. If you sense that your friend, partner, child, client, etc. feels hesitant to trust you, let …
Understanding Adult Attachment Styles – Illustrated Guide
Most psychological measures and scales tend to make us think in black-and-white terms. I like how this adaptation takes the attachment style grid and transforms …
How to Tell A Friend or Partner About Your Past Trauma
In a culture where “vulnerability” can sometimes feel like relational currency, it’s easy to fall into a trap of telling someone about our trauma stories …
Gottman’s 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Illustrated Handout
Dr. John Gottman spent 40 years researching marital stability and theorized these “4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” but it only took me a few hours …