Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, LLC

Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, LLC page for Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, LLC, a counseling, therapy and consulting business. In addition to personal, couple, family, and group therapy, We offer training, retreats, workshops and professional supervision.

We post content on mental health issues, psychotherapy, positive psychology, mindfulness, spirituality, feminism, work-life balance and health. Lisa, Jessica, Mae, Katie and Jenny are Gainesville-based psychotherapists who work with individuals, groups, couples, and families.

I’m just going to say it: cutting everyone off isn’t healing. It’s avoidance.A lot of people enter therapy believing the...
02/11/2026

I’m just going to say it: cutting everyone off isn’t healing. It’s avoidance.

A lot of people enter therapy believing the goal is to become completely independent, unbothered, and untouched by relationships. If connection has been painful or unsafe, it makes sense to want distance. Sometimes space is necessary. Rarely is it important to remove an abusive person from your orbit. But healing isn’t about disappearing from relationships altogether.

For many trauma survivors, cutting people off isn’t strength. It’s protection. It’s a nervous system that learned that closeness equals danger and distance equals relief. That response once kept you safe, and it deserves understanding, not shame.

Real healing doesn’t ask you to tolerate harm or stay in relationships that violate your boundaries. It asks something more nuanced. It invites you to learn how to stay connected while staying regulated. How to notice when old patterns activate. How to communicate needs without abandoning yourself or others.

Healing is learning how to show up differently, not vanish. It’s practicing boundaries without walls, connection without collapse, and closeness without losing yourself.

📣 Know someone navigating this right now? Send this their way.



The stress you carry isn’t imaginary. And it isn’t a personal failure. 🌈🧠If you’re part of the LGBTQ+ community, much of...
02/09/2026

The stress you carry isn’t imaginary. And it isn’t a personal failure. 🌈🧠

If you’re part of the LGBTQ+ community, much of the emotional weight you carry doesn’t come from who you are. It comes from navigating systems, relationships, and environments that weren’t built with your safety in mind.

This is called minority stress, the chronic strain of living in a world that marginalizes, questions, or invalidates your identity. And over time, that stress doesn’t just affect your thoughts. It shapes your nervous system, your sense of safety, and your mental health.

Here’s the part that often gets overlooked: Anxiety, hypervigilance, burnout, or emotional shutdown aren’t signs that something is “wrong” with you. They’re signs of a system responding exactly as it learned in order to survive.

Healing doesn’t begin with telling yourself to be tougher or more resilient. It begins with being understood. Having your experiences named, validated, and held in a space that affirms who you are without explanation or defense. 💛

Inclusive, affirming therapy doesn’t just help people cope with stress. It helps untangle internalized stigma, rebuild trust with the body, and create room for joy, connection, and authenticity to return. When identity is respected, the nervous system can finally soften, and healing can actually take root.

You are not too sensitive. You are not imagining this. And you are not alone.

If this resonates, our blog explores minority stress, its impact on mental health, and how inclusive therapy supports real, lasting healing.

Read the full post here: https://wolcottcounseling.com/supporting-lgbtq-mental-health-combating-minority-stress-through-inclusive-therapy/



You might be confusing intensity with love, and it’s costing you your safety.Not all intense connections are healthy con...
02/04/2026

You might be confusing intensity with love, and it’s costing you your safety.

Not all intense connections are healthy connections. 💔🧠

A trauma bond forms when emotional attachment is built through cycles of closeness and pain rather than safety and consistency. It often develops in relationships where there is unpredictability, power imbalance, emotional withdrawal, or intermittent care. The bond doesn’t come from love alone. It comes from survival.

Here’s how many people first notice it: you feel deeply attached to someone who also causes you distress. You find yourself excusing behavior that hurts you, minimizing your own needs, or feeling anxious at the thought of distance even when the relationship doesn’t feel good. Leaving feels terrifying, not relieving. That confusion isn’t a flaw. It’s a nervous system response.

Trauma bonds are shaped by earlier attachment experiences, especially relationships where care and harm were intertwined. When love once required vigilance, adaptation, or self-abandonment, the body can mistake intensity for connection and familiarity for safety. 💛

Understanding trauma bonds isn’t about blaming yourself or labeling a relationship as “bad.” It’s about recognizing patterns so they no longer run the show. Healing begins when we learn how safety actually feels in the body, how secure connection differs from emotional urgency, and how to build relationships that allow us to stay fully ourselves.

Insight creates choice. And choice is where healing starts. 🌱

Does this resonate? You’re not alone.

📌 Save this for later. Awareness is often the first step toward change.



This is your invitation to step out of survival mode and into restoration. 🌊🎨The Creative Beach Retreat was intentionall...
02/02/2026

This is your invitation to step out of survival mode and into restoration. 🌊🎨

The Creative Beach Retreat was intentionally designed for therapists, helping professionals, trauma survivors, and anyone seeking personal growth who needs space to slow down, reconnect, and feel supported in their body again.

This is not a conference or a performance-based retreat. There are no lectures to keep up with and no pressure to share before you’re ready. Instead, this experience blends expressive arts, mindful movement, nature connection, evidence-based therapeutic practices, and meaningful community to support deep nervous system regulation and authentic connection. 🌱

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and this retreat honors that. If you come with a group of 4 or more, you’ll receive 15% off, making it easier to experience this work alongside colleagues, friends, or trusted peers who want to grow together.

To keep the space intimate and supportive, participation is limited so each person has time, attention, and room to be fully seen and supported.

🔗 Learn more about the Creative Beach Retreat and group registration here: www.bravespaceretreats.com

📣 Know someone who would love this kind of experience? Send this their way.



01/29/2026

You will look at healing differently after the next 30 seconds.

A lot of people expect healing to feel calm, clear, and obvious. Like one day you wake up and think, “Ah yes, I’m healed now.” But real healing is often much quieter and messier than that. 🌀

Here are 3 signs you might be healing, even if it doesn’t feel like it yet:

✨ You notice your reactions sooner. You may still get triggered, shut down, or feel overwhelmed, but now there’s a moment of awareness that wasn’t there before. That pause matters.

✨ You feel more tired than usual. Healing asks your nervous system to do less protecting and more processing. That takes energy, even when nothing dramatic seems to be happening.

✨ You’re questioning old patterns instead of automatically repeating them. You might still say yes when you mean no, or stay longer than you want to, but now a part of you is asking, “Why do I do this?” That curiosity is growth.

Healing doesn’t always feel empowering in the moment. Sometimes it feels disorienting, emotional, or slow. But awareness, fatigue, and questioning are often signs that something is shifting beneath the surface. 🌱

💬 Which one surprised you the most? Or is there another sign you’ve noticed in yourself?

01/29/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free https://y...

This is the only thing you need to know about starting therapy in January.Most people reach out because they know someth...
01/28/2026

This is the only thing you need to know about starting therapy in January.

Most people reach out because they know something needs to change, but they’re not always sure how to say it yet. That’s okay. Starting therapy isn’t about having the “right” words or a perfectly formed goal. It’s about showing up as you are.

At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, we structure the first steps with intention. Our intake process is trauma-informed, which means we take time on the front end so you don’t have to keep re-explaining yourself later. We gather what we need to understand your history, your nervous system, and what support will actually be helpful, not just what’s fastest.

Early sessions focus on building safety, clarity, and trust. You’ll talk through what brought you in, what you’re hoping for, and what pace feels right for you. Therapy here isn’t about rushing toward change. It’s about creating the conditions where change can actually last. 🌱

If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy this year but felt unsure about what comes next, this is your sign that you don’t have to figure it out alone.

💡 Ready to take the first step? Visit our contact page to get started: https://wolcottcounseling.com/contact/

This is for the person who wants therapy that sees the whole picture, not just the symptoms.You deserve more than a chec...
01/26/2026

This is for the person who wants therapy that sees the whole picture, not just the symptoms.

You deserve more than a checklist approach to healing. You deserve a therapist who takes time to understand your story, your nervous system, your relationships, and the parts of you that have learned how to survive. Real healing doesn’t happen when care is rushed or one-size-fits-all. It happens in a space where you feel respected, understood, and met with genuine curiosity.

At Wolcott Counseling & Wellness, our therapists work from trauma-informed, evidence-based frameworks that honor the full complexity of who you are. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck, we focus on care that is thoughtful, relational, and tailored to you. Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about supporting what’s been carrying too much for too long. 🌿

And if you’re looking for a fully remote option, Dr. Kristin Perrone is currently accepting new clients via telehealth and offers warm, collaborative care grounded in decades of experience.

💡 Learn more about our therapists and explore your next step here:
https://wolcottcounseling.com/about/

So much of healing isn’t about becoming someone new, it’s about coming home to yourself. 🤍Sometimes that happens through...
01/23/2026

So much of healing isn’t about becoming someone new, it’s about coming home to yourself. 🤍

Sometimes that happens through big shifts, but more often it’s the small changes that quietly add up. Saying no without overexplaining. Taking a break when your body asks for one. Letting yourself enjoy something without guilt. Choosing rest over productivity, or honesty over keeping the peace.

These moments might not look dramatic from the outside, but internally, they’re profound. They’re often signs that your nervous system is beginning to trust you again, and that you’re listening in a way you maybe never could before. 🌱

There’s no “right” way to feel more like yourself. What matters is noticing what brings you closer to ease, authenticity, and connection to yourself and others, even in subtle ways.

💬 What’s one small change you’ve made that helped you feel more like you? Drop it in the comments. Your insight might be exactly what someone else needs to read today!

🐢Working on our early bird details for our retreat! Get 15% off until February 1st!✨April 23-26 in Hilton Head ✨🐢This is...
01/22/2026

🐢Working on our early bird details for our retreat! Get 15% off until February 1st!

✨April 23-26 in Hilton Head ✨

🐢This is a retreat for helping professionals (however known) — and especially for tired therapists.

🐢You know who you are.

🐢You’ve been holding space for so long, for so many people.

🐢Along with everyone else (especially here in the US) you’ve been witnessing horrific violence, senseless oppression, and a terrifying dismantling of our constitutional principles. All while having to regulate your own nervous system so you can show up fully for your clients.

🐢This retreat is for you.

🐢4 days at the beach, in a beautiful space, surrounded by nurturing amenities, gorgeous art supplies, and 2 highly experienced therapist retreat leaders ready to take you gently through the Gifts Of Imperfection curriculum designed by Brené Brown (with our own art therapy and somatic awareness twist). AND 18 CEUs are included!

🐢This will be the 6th time we’ve hosted this retreat in the same phenomenal location and we’ve got it down to a science—and it gets better every time!
Visit www.bravespaceretreats.com/testimonials to read what previous attendees said.

✨🐢Early Bird Pricing 15% off until February 1st! 🐢✨

01/22/2026

This is why your New Year’s goals haven’t worked in the past.

Most of us were taught that change requires more discipline, more motivation, more willpower. Set the goal. Push harder. Don’t fall off this time.

But real, lasting change doesn’t come from pressure. It comes from safety.

Decades of therapeutic work show this clearly: goals don’t create change. Systems do. Small, repeatable practices that support your nervous system and meet you where you actually are.

Instead of asking, “What do I want to accomplish?” try asking, “What can I practice consistently?”

✨ Five minutes of grounding or mindful breathing
✨ A gentle daily check-in with yourself
✨ One boundary you practice holding with compassion

When your nervous system feels supported, change stops feeling like force and starts feeling possible. Growth becomes something you build with yourself, not something you demand from yourself.

Real transformation is slow, steady, and sustainable. And that’s exactly why it works.

🔗 Read the full blog to explore how real change actually happens and how to build systems that support you.

https://wolcottcounseling.com/creating-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-2026/

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2830 NW 41st Street, Suite J
Gainesville, FL
32606

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We’re a Gainesville-based psychotherapy, coaching, mental wellness business. We work with individuals, couples, groups and and families. Lisa Wolcott is a Certified Group Psychotherapist, a Florida-Approved Supervisor, and a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator. Lisa is also a Florida parenting course provider (link on the website, www.wolcottcounseling.com). Both Lisa, and Jessica Williams, LMHC, are Gottman Level 1 Certified couple’s therapists. We post content here on mental health issues, the latest developments in mental health research, psychotherapy, positive psychology, recovery, relationships, healthy parenting, mindfulness, spirituality, feminism, work-life balance and health. Check out our page here, and our website, www.wolcottcounseling.com. You can also find me on Twitter @wolcotttherapy and Instagram @wolcottcounseling. We have an office therapy dog named Rocky, and he has an instagram too! It’s @rockythetherapydog. We look forward to connecting with you and serving the greater Gainesville and North Central Florida area!