Intentional Spaces Blog

At Intentional Spaces, we believe that mental health care goes beyond the walls of the therapy room—it involves advocating for a world that respects and upholds the dignity, rights, and well-being of every person. Here on our blog, we will share insights, resources, and our stance on pressing issues like LGBTQ+ rights, women’s healthcare, and transgender healthcare.

How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy: Calming Strategies for Moms-to-Be thumbnail

How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy: Calming Strategies for Moms-to-Be

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   Pregnancy is often portrayed as a magical and joyous experience, filled with glowing skin, baby kicks, and excitement about the future. But the reality is...

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How Your Emotions Impact Weight Loss: Understanding the Mind–Body Connection thumbnail

How Your Emotions Impact Weight Loss: Understanding the Mind–Body Connection

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   When most people begin a weight-loss journey, they search for the perfect diet, a new fitness plan, or the latest nutrition advice. But the truth...

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Spiritual Boundaries: Protecting Your Energy in a Busy, Overwhelming World thumbnail

Spiritual Boundaries: Protecting Your Energy in a Busy, Overwhelming World

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   In today’s world, it can feel as though everything and everyone demands a piece of your attention. From work pressures to social expectations, family duties,...

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Healing After a Breakup: Mental Health Tips for Women Rebuilding Confidence thumbnail

Healing After a Breakup: Mental Health Tips for Women Rebuilding Confidence

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   It’s hard to overstate how disorienting, even painful a breakup can be. The person you shared laughter and plans with is no longer part of...

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Parenting and Anger: How To Stay Calm When You’re Triggered thumbnail

Parenting and Anger: How To Stay Calm When You’re Triggered

Parenting has a way of illuminating every corner of our emotional world, the tender parts, the scared parts, and yes, the angry parts too. Even if you consider yourself patient,...

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Why Eating Disorders Are Not About Food: What’s Really Going On Internally thumbnail

Why Eating Disorders Are Not About Food: What’s Really Going On Internally

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   When most people hear the phrase “eating disorder,” they immediately think of food, the visible behaviors that outsiders can observe: restricting, binging, avoiding, counting, or...

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Depression and Anxiety in the Age of Overload: How External Stressors Fuel Internal Struggles thumbnail

Depression and Anxiety in the Age of Overload: How External Stressors Fuel Internal Struggles

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   Many people who struggle with anxiety or depression assume it’s a personal failing, something about them is too sensitive, too overwhelmed, or too “not enough.”...

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Masking and Mental Health: What Happens When You Spend Years Hiding Your True Self thumbnail

Masking and Mental Health: What Happens When You Spend Years Hiding Your True Self

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   There’s a subtle but powerful kind of fatigue that comes from spending years being someone other than yourself. It’s not a tiredness that sleep cures....

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Inner Child Work for Adults Who Were Told to Grow Up Too Soon thumbnail

Inner Child Work for Adults Who Were Told to Grow Up Too Soon

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   Some people think “inner child work” means tapping into play or creativity, but for adults who had to grow up fast, this work is something...

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Are You the ‘Strong One’? How to Stop Holding Everything Together and Start Healing Too thumbnail

Are You the ‘Strong One’? How to Stop Holding Everything Together and Start Healing Too

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy In many families and communities, there’s one person who holds everything together. The one who stays calm when others fall apart. The one who solves the...

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Parenting With the Legacy of Trauma: How to Raise Kids Differently When You Carry the Past thumbnail

Parenting With the Legacy of Trauma: How to Raise Kids Differently When You Carry the Past

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   Parenting is often described as instinctive, natural, or intuitive, but for many adults who carry childhood trauma or inherited wounds, parenting can feel confusing, overwhelming,...

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What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy? How It Helps You Heal Old Wounds and Rebuild Safety thumbnail

What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy? How It Helps You Heal Old Wounds and Rebuild Safety

By Intentional Spaces Psychotherapy   Healing from trauma doesn’t always look dramatic from the outside. Sometimes it shows up quietly,  in the anxiety you can’t explain, the relationships that unsettle...

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Sturdy Sikora

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Jo Bechtold

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Savannah Delgado

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Lujane Helwani

For people unlearning people-pleasing, healing from power dynamics, navigating Muslim faith, and looking for a therapist who gets it because she’s lived it.

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Tianna Vanderwey

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Caroline Colombo

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Alicia Bindenagel

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Millicent Johnson

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