http://www.rootedcounselingcenter.com/

Rooted Counseling, 2002 Richard Jones Road Ste. A203, Nashville, TN (2025)

03/17/2025

We are excited to announce that we have several upcoming group therapy sessions available this year! These groups are created and led by our amazing therapists Anna and Corinne. Through a mix of guided discussion and activities, these groups are aimed to help foster community, improve communication, and offer a platform for sharing experiences and strategies. Swipe through our post to see all of the groups we have available for parents and kids!

Click the link in our bio to fill out a form and reserve your spot!

03/21/2023

In honor of the first day of Spring, for today’s Monday Motivation we are inspired by Katherine May’s book “Wintering,” which is a personal narrative infused with lessons on grief, transformation, and the hardships that mirror the changing of the seasons.

We love this quote from Wintering: “Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through.”

Growth is beautiful, but there is often a grief that comes with it that we are resistant to. We are here to encourage you to not let the fear and hardship of transformation keep you from accepting change. It takes time to become comfortable resting in sadness and uncertainty. Although we do not get to choose the challenges that come with growing through seasons, we can choose our attitudes during them. Have a wonderful week friends ✨

02/28/2023

The problem with expectations is that too often we keep them to ourselves or only partially hint at what we need in a relationship. But another person has a better opportunity to show up for us after we have been straight forward with what we need to feel safe and loved.

Communicating our desires and personal emotional history gives both people the information they need to say “these are the areas I can best meet you, this is how I can try my best to show up for you.” This switches what would have been an expectation just sitting in your mind into a clear action item that your partner can voluntarily commit to.

The difference is subtle but important. There is much greater harmony in a relationship when there are no big attempts at control. Freedom and connection in relationships is based on understanding and voluntary commitments from both parties, but that begins with communicating our needs, even when that communication feels raw and vulnerable.

02/14/2023

Take a moment to pause and reflect on all of the hard work you’ve done to get to where you are today. Sometimes life can become extremely demanding and our nervous systems are flooded with stimulus and overwhelm. In these moments, we become susceptible to burnout and fatigue. Although we cannot always avoid all of life’s demands, it’s important to take one minute to recognize all of the hard work our minds and bodies are doing to keep us balanced and afloat. Often when we are climbing a mountain, we only focus on getting to the top. But many times, some of the best views are found in the overlooks along the way. You deserve to stop for a moment, take a breath, and look at all the ground you’ve already covered. Have a great week 🤍

01/17/2023

Happy MLK Day!

Rooted is committed to being a healing and comforting place for everyone. We are a safe space for all. It is a privilege to walk alongside each of you on your journeys.

We hope you’ve had a wonderful and restful long weekend and we look forward to the week ahead with you✨

11/22/2022

Let go of the idea that there is ever a perfect time to do things.

Decisions can be agonizing when you spend most of your energy trying to figure out when the right time to make them is. In most cases, there is never a “right” time. There is just a time that we decide to take action and make the best choice we can with the information available to us.

Fortunately, many choices aren’t final. If it ends up not working out, don’t discount your own ability to shift and pivot as needed.

So often we try to manage our decisions too many steps ahead and end up getting overwhelmed, forgetting that by the time it arrives, we are usually more flexible than we accounted for. ✨

11/01/2022

When trying to cultivate compassion or negate judgment, one of the most effective things we can do is come from a place of curiosity.

When someone says or does something you don’t like, see if you can practice getting curious about this person. How did they become the way they are? What was their upbringing like? How did they learn to survive?

We all learn to survive life in different ways. Getting angry and lashing out is a form of survival just as much as people pleasing is. One problem is that our culture has finely honed which forms of survival are “culturally acceptable” or not.

However, when we come from a place of judgement, we come from a place of “knowing better.” This often leads to feelings of resentment because we feel like this person shouldn’t be this way.

The antidote to judgement is curiosity. When we ask others questions instead of yelling at them or immediately and openly judging them, we are more likely to eventually feel connected. And the more we feel connected, the more likely we are to create solutions that work for everyone ✨

10/25/2022

We cannot heal if we aren’t aware of what’s broken. When you feel stuck about where to start with addressing an emotional wound, begin with creating awareness. This can come through therapy, talking with trusted friends, and meditative practices.

Once we are aware of what and why we need to change, then we can take responsibility to challenge old patterns and love the parts of ourselves that are hidden away.

When we address our shadow sides, we can begin making conscious changes. Without awareness, change is a struggle. We may target exclusively symptoms instead of the source, or target the wrong source entirely. We help ourselves best when we know what we’re dealing with 🤍

10/18/2022

Writing down and exploring your values can lead to incredible healing. Talking about your values with trusted confidantes like your partner or close friends can solidify those values. Getting clear on your values helps you become conscious of what you’re doing and why you’re here.

When we don’t own our choices, we often end up betraying ourselves by trying to always please other people. But the clearer you are on your values, the easier it becomes to accept disapproval from the people who don’t agree with you.

We don’t always get to choose our circumstances, but we can choose to identify and target cycles of self betrayal. We hope you have a great week ✨

09/20/2022

When we are in the beginning stages of working on asserting boundaries, we may swing from prioritizing other people’s desires to dismissing them. We’ll refuse to listen or validate their feelings or be very blunt that their wellbeing is not our responsibility. But while we aren’t responsible for their feelings, a healthy close relationship is reciprocal. If you’re a recovering people pleaser, it can be difficult to find this balance.

Some people will be sympathetic and understanding, especially if you are open that this is something you are actively working on. Others will be less understanding and your relationships may not survive your healing. Often, these relationships fall away because they depended on you disregarding your needs in order to hold the relationship together.

But healthy relationships allow both people’s needs to coexist side by side. There will be flexibility in giving and receiving, listening and asking for support. The road to healing can be long, but good friends will respect your boundaries, even if you don’t exhibit them perfectly right away.

Have a great week ✨

09/13/2022

Research professor and author Brene Brown says that the relationship between joy and gratitude was one of the most important things she found in her research studies. After spending 12 years analyzing over 11,000 pieces of data, Brown found that she had not interviewed one person who described themselves as joyful that did not practice gratitude. She realized that “it’s not the joy that makes us grateful, it’s the gratitude that makes us joyful.”

This means that having an “attitude of gratitude” is insufficient to cultivate joy unless it translates into a tangible behavior. Having a gratitude practice can look like a variety of different things—keeping a gratitude journal, picking a time every day to walk and reflect on your life, or going around the table each night and discussing one thing you’re grateful for are all ways to consistently build a habit of gratitude.

We’d love to hear any other ideas you have for practicing gratitude in the comments below! ✨

08/09/2022

Don’t underestimate the power of silence in building a better connection to others. We greatly underestimate how impactful our body language can be on communication. We’ve been socialized to place a higher emphasis on words, but sometimes a friendly hug and a commitment to actively listening to another person are what’s needed to create a stronger sense of togetherness.

Dr. Cheryl Fraser from the said, “When we struggle to find the right words, we often forget that words aren’t everything.” Let’s reorient and think of silence not as something to fill, but as an opportunity to lean in closer. Sometimes, the most loving thing we can give others is our undivided attention and a listening ear. ✨

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