A Good Place Therapy

12/22/2025

As the year draws to a close, we want to extend heartfelt holiday wishes to our clients, partners, friends, family, colleagues, and community. This season can hold many emotions - joy, tenderness, reflection, and everything in between. We hope you’re able to find moments of rest, connection, and care in ways that feel meaningful to you. Thank you for the trust you place in us and for being a part of our community. Warm holiday wishes from all of us at AGP 🤍

12/18/2025

🌿 New on the blog: Discover how practicing self-compassion can truly transform your mental health and everyday wellbeing. 🧠✨

In this thoughtful piece by Meredith Morrissey, LMSW, learn why being kind to yourself isn’t just “nice” — it’s powerful. Dive into practical ways to soften self-criticism and build resilience from the inside out. 💛

👉 Read more: Self-Compassion: The Key to Better Mental Health
https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/the-blog/self-compassion-better-health

12/10/2025

Please join us in welcoming Nathalie Rodrigues de Carvalho, LMSW. Nathalie previously worked from our New York Office, took a brief hiatus, and is now working from California but still dedicated to her New York clients (virtually)! 🎉 She is also working towards her CA license which we are thrilled about!

With specialties in trauma recovery, anxiety & depression, relationships & identity, self-esteem, career & life transitions, and stress, she brings a compassionate, holistic, body-mind approach to healing. We can’t wait for more people to connect with Nathalie! ✨

Click to read more about Nathalie! https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/nathalie

12/08/2025

In a world full of storms — from global upheaval to personal transitions — the unknown often brings fear. What if, instead, we treated uncertainty as a gift? 🌱

In a blog by AGP therapist, Leaman Westly, she explores how leaning into doubt and discomfort can become a path toward resilience, growth, and hope. 💛 Read “The Gift of Uncertainty,” here: https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/the-blog/the-gift-of-uncertainty

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! At AGP, we are so grateful for our community of therapists, staff, and clients and the care that they invest in one another. We hope that whether you are with family, friends, or perhaps alone today, that you are able to also reflect and honor what you are most grateful for.

11/21/2025

The holidays can be joyful — and incredibly overwhelming.

In our latest blog, AGP therapist, Savannah Belk-Talton explores why this season often brings extra stress and offers compassionate, practical strategies to support your emotional well-being.

If you’re craving more peace and less pressure this year, this blog is for you. https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/the-blog/stress-during-the-holidays

11/13/2025

✨ From Our Therapist Book Club: Matrescence by Lucy Jones ✨

“Matrescence” describes the profound transition to motherhood — as transformative as adolescence, yet far less recognized or supported.

Our team’s recent book club discussion explored:
💭 The cultural ideals of what mothers ‘should do’—and the shame and guilt that often follow.
🤝 The connection between care and dependency—both being needed and needing others.
🧠 The importance of mental health support during this time as an act of care, not failure.

This book reminded us that matrescence deserves recognition, compassion, and community. 💛

Have you read Matrescence? We’d love to hear your thoughts.

11/11/2025

Do you ever feel awkward, helpless, or afraid of saying the wrong thing when someone you care about is going through a hard time? You’re not alone. Whether it’s a friend in heartbreak, a colleague coping with loss, a neighbor facing illness, or a teen who feels misunderstood—there are moments, big and small, when words fail and connection feels out of reach.

That’s exactly what this one-hour workshop is for. Based on the #1 Amazon best-selling book There Is No Good Card for This—described by Book Riot as “a manual for humans that plan to interact with other humans,” and by BuzzFeed as “one of 15 great books that’ll genuinely change your life for the better”—author and psychotherapist Dr. Kelsey Crowe helps you find what to say (and what not to) in ways that feel real, not rehearsed.

With warmth, humor, and insights featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, Dr. Crowe will guide you through empathy types and non-listening styles, helping you move past the freeze response into genuine, confident connection.

Because empathy isn’t about having the perfect words—it’s about showing up, imperfectly but sincerely, when it matters most.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/cSZ4y1FJQXzrcUur8

11/03/2025

🍁 Change is in the air. 🍂

Fall brings shifts — in weather, in rhythm, in life itself. Our new blog post, “Embracing Transitions This Fall,” by Alysha Ackley explores how to move through these moments with mindfulness and self-compassion.

Whether you’re navigating a big life change or just feeling the seasonal shift, this read offers gentle reminders to slow down, breathe, and embrace what’s unfolding.

✨ Read more: https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/the-blog/embracing-transitions-this-fall

10/27/2025

Do you ever feel awkward, helpless, or afraid of saying the wrong thing when someone you care about is going through a hard time? You’re not alone. Whether it’s a friend in heartbreak, a colleague coping with loss, a neighbor facing illness, or a teen who feels misunderstood—there are moments, big and small, when words fail and connection feels out of reach.

That’s exactly what this one-hour workshop is for. Based on the #1 Amazon best-selling book There Is No Good Card for This—described by Book Riot as “a manual for humans that plan to interact with other humans,” and by BuzzFeed as “one of 15 great books that’ll genuinely change your life for the better”—author and psychotherapist Dr. Kelsey Crowe helps you find what to say (and what not to) in ways that feel real, not rehearsed.

With warmth, humor, and insights featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, Dr. Crowe will guide you through empathy types and non-listening styles, helping you move past the freeze response into genuine, confident connection.

Because empathy isn’t about having the perfect words—it’s about showing up, imperfectly but sincerely, when it matters most.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Vw5rW1tgYSo3FPnD8

10/24/2025

What a joy to have our San Francisco and Palo Alto teams together last night 💛 At A Good Place Therapy, connection and collaboration are at the heart of what we do — not just with our clients, but with each other. We’re so grateful for this incredible group of therapists who bring compassion, insight, and dedication to the work every day.

10/20/2025

We’ve all heard it: “Take care of yourself.” But what does that really mean?

Our newest blog dives into why self-care isn’t selfish — and how reframing it can change the way you care for yourself and others.

Read here 👇

Author:  Maddy Walters Rethinking What Self-Care Means Many people dismiss self-care as frivolous, often associating it with being indulgent, or not worthy of their time. Today’s environment is heavily focused on productivity and success, even if it comes at the cost of our emotional w