Anna's Alcove

11/04/2025

I put “A Pathway to Trauma Recovery” together during a period of time when I had more clients than I could fit in my schedule, and I worked for an employer that required we say yes to any eligible person looking for therapy services. The link below takes you to a story about a pathway to recovery. I invite you to settle into whatever state of comfort comes most easily to you right now. As you read this story, absorb only what feels helpful, and notice how easy it is to change or disregard anything that doesn’t fit for you. It’s just a story, and you get to decide what story fits for you. The story starts like this...

You’ve struggled through the forest and see an opening ahead. It’s been a long journey, yet somehow when you come upon the clearing, you don’t feel tired at all… just peaceful, solid, at ease.

The following is a story about a pathway to recovery. I invite you to settle into whatever state of comfort comes most easily to you right now. As you read this story, absorb only what feels helpful, and notice how easy it is to change or disregard anything that doesn’t fit for you. It’s just a ...

10/01/2025

Click below to read this month's blog post exploring the role of 12-Step programs then versus now: https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/have-12-step-programs-outlived-their-usefulness

09/02/2025

Click below to read this month's blog post on differences between mental health screening versus assessment, and some of the benefits and problems with measurement-based care.

https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/measurement-based-care-screening-is-not-assessment

Measurement-based care can easily become too rigid, lack nuance, and ultimately create a barrier to accessing helpful care simply because our growth doesn’t fit some prescribed notion of when and how we’re supposed to change. Psychotherapy is about improving quality of life, and that’s not an ...

08/05/2025

Everyone dissociates sometimes. It’s a perfectly ordinary and often helpful part of human experience. Many people also experience troubling dissociation that makes life harder rather than easier. Dissociation, essentially, creates an illusion of separation. We can use the word Dis-Association to describe an experience of actual separation, so that two things that once were or seemed connected are in actual fact connected no more. Read more about this at https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/disassociation-in-trauma-recovery

07/02/2025

The Commodification of Mental Health and Wellness, and the Lost Art of Relationship: I’ve been a practicing therapist for 20 years now, and I promise you I’ve never been in it for the money. To be honest, if I’d known then what I know now, I’m not sure I would have gotten into this field at all. Being a healthcare provider is expensive, and it’s only getting worse. I have and continue to benefit from being a therapist in countless ways, but financial gain isn’t one of them...

https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/the-commodification-of-mental-health-and-wellness-and-the-lost-art-of-relationship

06/02/2025

https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/if-you-haven-t-found-your-people-yet-keep-looking

05/01/2025

https://www.annasalcovetherapy.com/post/embrace-the-parts-of-yourself-that-carry-your-pain

People generally prefer some aspects of Self over others. You may be proud of your ability to learn new things quickly, and embarrassed that you struggle to remember all the things you’ve learned. You may appreciate your willingness to help other people...

02/21/2025

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