Trauma Origami: How Trauma Impacts Our Sense of Time
One of the most unique impacts of trauma is the way that it informs a person’s sense of time. 🕰️ In this illustration, all of …
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Internal Family Systems and Multiplicity of Self
In this simple set of illustrations, I show how, according to internal family systems therapy (IFS) it’s normal to have parts of self. IFS was …
The C-PTSD Symptom Wheel
Recently, I discovered an academic journal article exploring the symptoms of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I was inspired to create this illustration. In …
7 Ways to Cope When Your Therapist Is On Vacation
It’s okay to feel upset, sad, or even angry when your therapist goes on vacation. A relationship with a therapist, which is a significant relationship …
Escaping Fantasy to Engage Imagination: The Role of Play in Mental Health
In the context of mental health, there is a subtle but key difference between fantasy and imagination. Although these concepts are similar, they’re different in …
Anxiety, Bodies, and Family of Origin – The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast Sketchnote
If we’ve spent our childhood learning that certain feelings are Very BadTM and Totally UnacceptableTM, it’s no surprise that we may grow up to craft …
Social Support Building Worksheet Printable
For a lucky few of us, support systems are automatic. They’re effortlessly there to support us in good times and bad. For most of us, …
How to Say Hard Stuff in Therapy
For many people, the hardest part about therapy is disclosing the secrets they’re so used to holding alone. Shame-encrusted secrets can be incredibly difficult to …
How to be Burnout-Resilient with A Good Day Trophy Case
Everybody’s “trophy case” will look a little bit different. In this doodle, I illustrate four examples of good day trophies: Notes & Cards. A box …
How Good Therapy Works to Reduce Trauma Triggers
When we endure traumatic events, the experience may stay with us in various ways – even in ways we may not recognize. Good trauma treatment …
How to Choose a Therapist – Illustrated
When you’re new to therapy and aren’t really sure what therapy is supposed to feel like, it can be really confusing to try and figure …
Why It’s Okay to Love Your Therapist
Love is always complicated. However, love is rarely as complex as the love felt by a person for their therapist. Although it’s often dismissed, buried, …
How to Find a Therapist in a Small Town or Rural Area
Therapy is helpful for anyone in need of a space to process life experiences. However, sometimes finding a therapist can be the hardest part of deciding …
Desire is Not Pathology: Affirming Neediness via Radical Self-Compassion
Pop-culture “wellness” often pathologizes desire. We are promised that if we can ignore physical hunger, meet our own needs emotionally, and keep our sexual desire …
Trauma Recovery: A Visual Model
Trauma Therapy Even as someone who has studied trauma therapy for years, I often find it difficult to describe just how trauma therapy works and …
Expectation vs What Therapy is Really Like – Illustrated
Even if you’ve never been to therapy or studied psychology, you’ve probably heard of “breakthroughs” in therapy. It’s a word that Hollywood loves – but …
Therapy Takes Time – A Doodle on How Long it Typically Takes for Therapy to Work
Culturally, we are doing a really good job of normalizing the use of therapy and medication, but I wonder sometimes if we underemphasize the fact …