Mary Allison Cates, LLC

06/05/2024

I guess they knew I was coming. 📸

12/02/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/20/trauma-trust-and-triumph-psychiatrist-bessel-van-der-kolk-on-how-to-recover-from-our-deepest-pain

“If the body is storing trauma in its musculature, in its hormonal pathways, then it is the body that needs experiences that deeply and viscerally contradict the helplessness, rage, or collapse that result from trauma.”

His 2014 book, The Body Keeps the Score, has become a huge pandemic hit, topping bestseller lists this summer and becoming a meme on social media. What does it tell us about the world we live in?

10/18/2021

Coming up Sunday, Oct 24!

01/11/2021

https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/?utm_source=recommendation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explore&utm_term=ideas-blog-2

Are you getting your seven or eight hours of sleep a night — yet you still feel exhausted? Here’s why that could be happening, according to physician Saundra Dalton-Smith.

10/09/2020

A beautiful art offering from my old pal Suzanne at Silver Tree Art.

09/21/2020

I always get excited when I see the intentional merging of art and mental health. Here’s an example and a free offering. Enjoy!

This set of 42 activity pages from my guided journals is silly, introspective, and maybe a little existential, but appropriate for all ages. You can print the PDF file at home, or use the layered PSD file with iPad drawing software like Procreate or Adobe Fresco. There's no charge but please provide...

06/05/2020

Join the fabulous Whitney Trotter and other Love Warriors this Sunday in Overton Park for .
**East Parkway entrance**

06/04/2020

Thank you Valerie June for offering up a collective vision for healing, accessible to all through the sacred power of breath.

05/31/2020

Here is where I spend my days doing teletherapy with vibrant, feisty, inspiring humans. I am grateful for this work, its portability and its depth.

04/05/2020