Karin Kempf Counseling and Therapy

25/11/2025

One more-

25/11/2025

For inspiration:

20/11/2025

Yes, I love how Anderson explains this. ⬇️❤️

Most people think storytelling is powerful because it lets you “express yourself.” But the impact goes far deeper than expression: your brain changes when your story is witnessed.

When someone is present with you—really present—your nervous system receives signals it never had during the original experience: You’re safe. You’re not alone. Someone sees what happened.

That shift matters, because the memory that once lived in isolation finally has a new context. That’s what rewires the brain.

And here’s the other half we rarely talk about: witnessing changes the listener too.

When someone hears your story with openness, their own system softens. They recognize parts of their pain in yours. Your honesty gives them language, permission, and a sense of safety they didn’t even know they were missing.

This is the science of why healing is relational.
We don’t just tell stories—we co-regulate, we make meaning, and we reorganize our internal worlds through connection.

08/11/2025

Though I don’t love all of the material on Elephant Journal, sometimes there is something on there that really hits the mark. This was one of those things.

For those of you who want the synopsis and the spoilers, I’ll tell you this: therapy is not just a place for venting and receiving a solution for your problems; it’s (mostly) a place for figuring out what those problems mean for you, whether there’s a role you play that keeps you stuck, and taking the responsibility for learning to do things differently and moving forward.

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2025/11/stop-thinking-therapy-is-a-dumping-ground-for-all-your-problems-kait-melendy/?fbclid=IwdGRleAN7-wxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe7t5rNaTW3CPdH9eHNcAuowVRhs00zNhU3Hu2cBlpiSZT3Kj3uy8czD583Wo_aem_4Bg4Ek-R4PaDbXs5IcRg8Q

We need to start talking about therapy differently. Somewhere along the way, therapy became synonymous with emotional dumping, a place to unload every frustration

05/11/2025

Relationship info and insights ⬇️

01/11/2025

Resharing because I think it bears repeating. Emotional safety is so important, and often underestimated or overlooked. People can be so used to living without it that they think that a constant low level of vigilance, defensiveness or waiting for the other shoe to drop is normal.

01/11/2025

Don't stay where you don't fit