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Rest. What comes to mind when you hear this word? For many of us, rest seems like a luxury, something to be earned, something we get to experience only after…

EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a type of therapy we use to help process trauma. Although it has been used by therapists regularly since the early 1990s,…

Hi there! My name is Melana Rosin, and I am a first-year Masters student pursuing my degree at St. Cloud State University in the Marriage and Family Therapy program. I…

Mindful curiosity is one of the first interventions I engage clients in when I start seeing them as we can not work on emotional healing without first self-awareness around what…

People have a lot of questions about gender identity and expression. It has been a hot topic in the media and throughout our world. Many people have questions like:  What…

I love talking about the brain in my work. It’s a great way to gain empathy for both ourselves and others. When we can find this empathy, things seem to…

One of the things I find so healing in therapy is learning how to be with our emotions, especially our big, intense emotions, in a way that brings understanding, comfort,…

One of the biggest questions I get from parents is regarding how they can support their transgender child. When a child comes out as transgender, it can be a confusing…

An emotional flashback is an intensely disturbing emotional experience that is overwhelming and regresses one back to the feeling states of childhood rejection or abandonment.  Emotional flashbacks are just that,…

While the Winter season can be a sparkling and magical time, it can also bring about shorter days, longer darkness, and unrelenting cold.  All of this can take a toll…