Treatment, plain English.
Therapy types compared, how care actually works, and what to ask a prescriber.
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EMDR
EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, which is a mouthful and also kind of misleading because the eye movements may not actually…
Mar 14, 2026
Therapy for Men Who Think Therapy Is Bullshit
The guys who think therapy is bullshit are not wrong about most of what they've been pitched.
Nov 15, 2025
What “Trauma-Informed Care” Actually Means
Trauma informed care is the most successful piece of mental health branding of the last decade, and for a crowd that never shuts up about how…
Nov 12, 2025
How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.
Oct 1, 2025
Adhd Treatment
Adult ADHD treatment is one of the parts of psychiatry where the gap between what works and what most patients actually get prescribed is genuinely wide.
Sep 18, 2025
You Already Know You Have a Problem
If you're reading this and wondering whether your drinking is a problem... it is. You wouldn't be reading this otherwise.
Sep 15, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Pain: What Holds Up
Where shockwave therapy genuinely helps chronic musculoskeletal pain (plantar fasciitis at the top) and where it is oversold.
Sep 3, 2025
Shockwave Therapy for Stubborn Tendon Injuries
Where shockwave therapy actually earns its keep: chronic tendon and soft-tissue injuries that have outlasted rest and rehab.
Sep 1, 2025
What to Expect in Your First Appointment
Nobody walks into a first psychiatric appointment relaxed and anybody who claims they did is lying. The fears stack up the same way for almost everyone...
Aug 28, 2025
Bipolar Treatment
Bipolar treatment goes wrong in the first appointment more often than in any later one. Get the diagnosis wrong and every prescription after it is wrong.
Aug 27, 2025
Sobriety Isn’t the Hard Part (It’s Everything After)
People think getting sober is the hard part. Yeah, detox sucks, early sobriety is uncomfortable, breaking the actual habit is genuinely difficult...
Aug 25, 2025
Why “Self-Care” Misses the Point (And What Actually Works)
I'm not against bubble baths. If a hot bath and some candles make you feel better, great, do that, nobody's coming for your candles.
Aug 18, 2025