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By Emily Keeling Hope: to cherish a desire with anticipation. Synonyms include: aspiration, desire, wish, and ambition. When my mother was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in 2014, every one of my waking moments was consumed by hope. Hope became somewhat of a “frenemy” to me. Always around, instilling visions of a life […]
By Julie Tymorek Julie, Elle’s receptionist, is a student of psychotherapy, and reflects in this blog on her grandmother’s strength and beautiful eccentricities. My grandma Marjie is a force to be reckoned with. On summer family trips to Colorado, my grandma would speed up mountain sides faster than my little legs could carry me, leaving […]
By Stephanie Gibart The best guess anyone ever gave me when describing art therapy comes from an older man who said with a perplexed look: “You’re an art therapist—so you give therapy to art?” I imagine this looks something like putting a piece of art on the couch and asking about its relationship with its […]
By Lindsey Arens It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s the belief that a number on a scale or the size of your pants does not determine health. Health at Every Size (HAES) is a movement that supports people of every size and challenges the mindset that thin = healthy. If you are intrigued at […]
By Emily Keeling In honor of Women’s History Month this March, Emily Keeling, founder of Elle Studio + Wellness, looks to her mother in her effort to help other women. “She” is my mother. A woman raised in the 1950s without a mother. Bouncing from home to home with an alcoholic father who divorced and […]
By Melissa Hale When was the last time you let yourself fall apart? I’m talking about the mascara-faced, snotty nosed, incoherent, sobbing situation. Or perhaps the rage-filled, angry, plate-throwing, swearing, monster? What about the devastated, depressed, can’t-get- out-of- bed-scared- as-shit person? While these may be extreme examples, what if there was something to be honored […]
By Lindsey Arens Most people don’t have a diagnosable eating disorder. Thank goodness. I don’t wish an eating disorder upon anyone. They have the highest mortality rates in the mental health world, and they are literally a form of self-torture. More people on this planet, however, struggle with the following: disordered eating traits or patterns, […]
By Alex Luber So you know that craze about the mind-body connection? That’s what I’m all about. I can treat the mind-body connection so that it makes a transformative impact in people’s lives. However, a persistent challenge of my career has been to accurately describe it. Identifying it is simple. I am a psychotherapist and […]
We are all human. And we all suffer emotionally. I dare you to challenge me on these two statements. Working in private practice as a mental health therapist, the overwhelming number of suffering humans who are seeking help struck me. It struck me because of the stigma our society maintains around mental health. My clients […]
The 411 on this emerging form of therapy that relieves persistent muscle pain. Ugh, that recurring pain—the one in your back, or maybe it’s your knee or your shoulder. Maybe it’s a pesky, persistent case of plantar fasciitis that’s been keeping you from walking the dog or enjoying your morning jog. It’s common to attempt […]