About the CLIENT (that's YOU)
More to come in this section (obviously), but in general, this is the place for YOU if any or all of these areas resonate:
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ADHD (late in life diagnosed, never officially diagnosed, etc)
Relationships - why are they so fucking hard???
Mom/female (AFAB) issues - taking on too much because if you don't, who will???
Sandwich generation - parenting your kids while you take on more 'parenting' roles with your aging parents
About our WORK
INDIVIDUAL therapy
This is the magic unicorn place where you get to focus on just you and always be right. Um, just kidding. This is actually the place where it is finally safe to really get curious and better understand YOU, all the stories you've created and collected about yourself. It's the safe place to finally be held accountable in a way you can hear and take in, because you trust there is no judgment here. We all suck at times, have all made horrible mistakes and hurt people we love, and we all still deserve grace and forgiveness. This will be a safe place to finally explore and feel all those scary uncomfortable feels, to process through all that shit you've long tried to disconnect from. Not everyone has experienced significant traumas, but darn near every one of us has experienced rejection, fear, embarrassment, shame, regret, heartbreak, despair, and loss. Whatever your story is, whatever your childhood was like, now is the time to start your own healing journey, whatever that looks like for you.
RELATIONAL therapy
RELATIONAL therapy is just as it sounds - therapy focused on relationships... this could be with your longtime partner, new girlfriend or boyfriend, maybe you're in a 'situationship' or an 'it's complicated' thang.... Whatever the dynamic and construct, RELATIONAL therapy is where we can focus on how you and your person are showing up for each other. This means understanding how you've experienced relationships from the get-go - what was modeled for you? Who comforted you and reassured you when you were scared or picked on? How did you see fights get resolved and parents work together? If you are like most of us walking around, relationships have been where some of our biggest hurts and traumas come from. To get through those times, we got creative in protecting ourselves, but then we forgot how to soften again. RELATIONAL therapy is about slowing down each partner so relationships and connections aren't so scary. While we also have relationships with ourselves (which is SOOOO important), RELATIONAL therapy is about two people in the room with your therapist; INDIVIDUAL therapy is about the relationship with yourself.
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Please NOTE:
While MILKWEED is accepting of ALL relationships, working with ENM/Polyam is not yet an area I have advanced training in and is not currently in my scope of expertise
FAMILY therapy
FAMILY therapy is a whole different ball game with MILKWEED therapy. This is the place and space to work on the relationships with your family - just not your partner or lover, but with your family - this could be with your adult children, strained family members, or your adult siblings. For any combination of FAMILY therapy, every person, regardless of age, gets a voice. The parents will be expected to be the parents, the kids are never expected to function better than their parents, and phrases like 'because I said so' or 'because I'm the parent' are left outside the therapy room. Even as adults, these same rules and dynamics apply. FAMILY therapy is a great place to get some true healing action done, to stop passing down generational trauma and to start parenting in ways that actually feel GOOD.
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Please NOTE:
MILKWEED very rarely works with minors, and does not work with minors younger than 14. We have limited spots open for family therapy, so there may be a wait-list.
When working with FAMILY therapy with minors, the kids, regardless of age, will be expected to handle showing up for the work. Sometimes they are not ready for that work, and that's gotta be okay, because it's OK to say I'm not ready or I don't buy into this process. Usually, we can start with the parents first, and then see how to bring the kids into the mix.
ADHD therapy
You may never have thought you had ADHD, but you always knew you were different. Maybe you've never been formally diagnosed, maybe you've always suspected, or maybe you were diagnosed as a kid but never really understood what ADHD means for you. ADHD focused therapy at MILKWEED is about really learning how to understand yourself and why things have been sooooo hard for YOU, even though you really do try hard.
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Please NOTE:
MILKWEED does not provide ADHD testing. ADHD therapy is only for adults, ideally those diagnosed late in life. We do not provide ADHD services for minors in any capacity.