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Therapy types compared, how care actually works, and what to ask a prescriber.
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How to Transfer Your ADHD Prescription to a New Provider
Maybe you moved. Maybe your provider retired.
Oct 1, 2025
You Already Know You Have a Problem
If you're reading this and wondering whether your drinking is a problem... it's. 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's 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
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
Call It What It’s: The Naming Method Explained
This is the core of how I work with people, so it's worth getting on the page in plain English. The Naming Method comes down to one principle.
Aug 9, 2025
Men’s Mental Health: Why Asking for Help Feels Impossible
You already know something's off, and you've probably known for a while... months, maybe years.
Jul 1, 2025
PHP vs IOP vs Outpatient
These three terms get used like everybody knows what they mean and most patients don't, so they end up in the wrong level of care.
Jun 14, 2025
Psychiatric hospitalization: what to expect
Most people who get hospitalized for a psychiatric reason have never been inside one and have no idea what's about to happen, which makes a scary thing…
Jun 12, 2025
CBT-I deep dive (beyond the mention)
CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, the structured-protocol kind that actually has a syllabus, not the talk-about-your-sleep-feelings kind)…
Jun 9, 2025