The Institute for Healing

The Institute for Healing We believe in our clients ability to heal and grow.

We are a holistic multidisciplinary practice providing play therapy, adolescent therapy, adult therapy, occupational therapy, and neuropsychological evaluations.

Therapy doesn’t hand you a new identity or a list of things to fix.It creates space to notice what you’ve been holding —...
01/29/2026

Therapy doesn’t hand you a new identity or a list of things to fix.
It creates space to notice what you’ve been holding — quietly, for a long time.
The roles you stepped into too early.
The emotions you learned to manage alone.
The expectations you absorbed without choosing.
Often, the relief doesn’t come from changing who you are.
It comes from realizing how much you’ve been carrying — and that you don’t have to carry it all by yourself anymore.
Awareness is not the end of healing.
But it’s often where the weight starts to shift.
If you’ve felt heavy without knowing why, this may be part of it.

We are excited to be offering a social skills group soon! 🎉 This group is targeting ages 5-7 but we are open to running ...
01/29/2026

We are excited to be offering a social skills group soon! 🎉 This group is targeting ages 5-7 but we are open to running groups for other ages so if you are interested please contact us at the email address below.

We often reach for big goals when things feel unsteady — hoping change will bring relief.But for many people, especially...
01/26/2026

We often reach for big goals when things feel unsteady — hoping change will bring relief.

But for many people, especially parents, January doesn’t need more pressure.

It needs more grounding.

Small stabilizers help your nervous system settle.

And when your body feels safer, everything else becomes more possible.

You’re not falling behind by choosing steadiness first.

You’re building a foundation.

January has a way of making us feel like we’re supposed to know more than we do.What’s next.
What we want.
How everythin...
01/22/2026

January has a way of making us feel like we’re supposed to know more than we do.
What’s next.
What we want.
How everything will unfold.
But growth doesn’t require clarity. It requires presence.
If you’re showing up, paying attention, and allowing things to take shape in their own time — you are moving forward, even if it doesn’t look like progress yet.
Uncertainty isn’t a pause.
It’s part of the process.
And it’s okay to be here.

We often treat emotional capacity like a personal flaw —
as if struggling means we’re not trying hard enough.But capacit...
01/17/2026

We often treat emotional capacity like a personal flaw —
as if struggling means we’re not trying hard enough.
But capacity is a resource.
And many people are parenting, working, and surviving on empty.
If you feel more reactive, more tired, or less patient than you used to be,
it may not be something you need to fix.
It may be something you need support with.
Healing doesn’t start with pushing harder.
It starts with acknowledging depletion — and responding with care instead of criticism.

January is loud with timelines.Start now.Catch up.Get ahead.But healing, parenting, and becoming more whole don’t follow...
01/16/2026

January is loud with timelines.

Start now.
Catch up.
Get ahead.

But healing, parenting, and becoming more whole don’t follow calendars.

Rest isn’t a setback.
It isn’t quitting.
It isn’t something you earn after doing enough.

Rest is how your nervous system regains its footing.
It’s how clarity returns.
It’s how forward motion becomes possible again.

If this month feels slower than everyone else’s highlight reel, you’re not behind.
You’re listening.

And that matters more than momentum.

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Not all grief has a clear story.Some of it lives quietly — in the version of you that didn’t get rest,the support you ne...
01/11/2026

Not all grief has a clear story.

Some of it lives quietly — in the version of you that didn’t get rest,
the support you needed but never received,
the season of life that asked too much for too long.

This kind of grief often shows up in January.
When the noise slows down.
When expectations lift.
When there’s finally space to feel what was postponed.

It can look like sadness without a reason.
Irritability you can’t explain.
A heaviness that doesn’t match your current circumstances.

That doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.
It means something important went unacknowledged.

You’re allowed to grieve what never happened.
You’re allowed to miss versions of yourself you had to abandon to survive.
And you don’t have to justify that grief for it to be real.

Sometimes healing starts by naming what was never given the space to exist.

If January feels heavier than expected — this may be why.

January tells us this is where everything resets.
New goals. New habits. A cleaner slate.But for many people, January fe...
01/08/2026

January tells us this is where everything resets.
New goals. New habits. A cleaner slate.
But for many people, January feels like whiplash.
You just came out of months of pushing, showing up, spending, holding everyone together — and now you’re expected to feel hopeful, motivated, and ready to become someone new.
If instead you feel tired, flat, emotional, or behind… that isn’t failure.
It’s your nervous system asking for recovery, not reinvention.
You don’t need a new version of yourself right now.
You need space to land after surviving.
Healing doesn’t always look like forward motion.
Sometimes it looks like standing still long enough to feel your feet again.
If this month feels heavier than it “should,” you’re not alone — and you’re not doing it wrong.
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What are you carrying into the new year that was never yours to hold?Maybe it’s expectations that were placed on you.
Ro...
01/02/2026

What are you carrying into the new year that was never yours to hold?
Maybe it’s expectations that were placed on you.
Roles you stepped into to keep the peace.
Guilt for not doing enough.
Responsibility for other people’s emotions.
Survival patterns that once kept you safe.
As this year closes, there’s no requirement to wrap everything up neatly or feel grateful for what hurt.
You’re allowed to set some things down — even if you don’t know what comes next yet.
Let the new year begin with a little less weight on your nervous system.
Not a reinvention. Not a resolution.
Just a quieter, gentler way forward.
Release doesn’t have to be dramatic to be meaningful.

#2026

Not to criticize yourself.
Not to assign blame.
Just to understand.Do you feel smaller? Tighter? Quieter?
Do you overexp...
12/31/2025

Not to criticize yourself.
Not to assign blame.
Just to understand.
Do you feel smaller? Tighter? Quieter?
Do you overexplain, overperform, or try to keep the peace?
Or do you feel calm, open, and at ease?
Your nervous system is always responding to what feels safe — and what doesn’t.
Those shifts aren’t character flaws. They’re information.
This time of year brings us back into old rooms, old dynamics, old roles.
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t being there — it’s noticing how easily your body remembers.
You’re allowed to observe without judging.
You’re allowed to learn without fixing.
And you’re allowed to choose what feels supportive moving forward.
Awareness is often the first step toward gentler boundaries and safer connections.

Tomorrow, many adults will walk back into family spaces that shaped them long before they had language for it.Old roles ...
12/24/2025

Tomorrow, many adults will walk back into family spaces that shaped them long before they had language for it.

Old roles can resurface quickly — the peacemaker, the invisible one, the “problem,” the responsible one.

Not because you’ve gone backwards, but because your nervous system remembers what it learned there.

Triggers don’t mean you’re weak.
They’re signals.

They show up when emotional safety feels uncertain, when boundaries blur, and when expectations return uninvited.

If you’re heading into family time feeling on edge, here are a few gentle reminders:
• You are allowed to have boundaries, even with people you love
• You don’t have to explain or defend your growth
• Distance can be emotional, not just physical
• Stepping away is not the same as abandoning connection
And if you’re parenting while navigating all of this — give yourself grace.
Your children are watching how you regulate, how you pause, how you protect your peace.

You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to show them that emotions can be felt and managed safely.

Before tomorrow begins, take a breath.
Ground your body.
Remind yourself that you are not that child anymore — even if the room tries to pull you back there.

You get to choose what feels safe now.

Single parenting during the holidays is a different kind of emotional load — one that rarely gets named out loud.You’re ...
12/20/2025

Single parenting during the holidays is a different kind of emotional load — one that rarely gets named out loud.
You’re carrying the joy, the logistics, the traditions, the decisions, the financial strain, the late nights, the comforting, the planning… all on your own.
And most people will never understand the weight of that.
The holidays magnify the gaps: the missing support, the loneliness that sneaks in after the kids go to bed, the pressure to create memories while trying to hold yourself together.
It’s not that you don’t love your children — it’s that you’re doing the work of two people on one nervous system, one income, and one heart.
If this season feels heavy, it doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It means you’re human.
And still, your children feel your love.
They feel your effort, your intention, your steadiness, your presence.
All the small moments you think go unnoticed?
They’re building your child’s sense of safety in ways you may never fully see.
To every single parent doing this alone:
You are carrying something extraordinary, and you deserve the same tenderness you give your children.
You’re not behind. You’re not inadequate.
You’re doing more than enough — even on the days it feels like you’re barely holding it together.
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