Repetition Compulsion in a Time of Chaos
Repetition Compulsion is explored through psychodynamic and cross-cultural perspectives.
Let’s Talk Resolutions
A look at resolutions and what they are (part I) followed by strategies for actually keeping them (part II)
Growth During Uncertainty
Gardening, like therapy, requires attention, faith, and taking some action.
What’s Good about Bad Feelings
When it’s gray outside, we can connect to our weather “inside.”
The Nose Knows
In honor of WILA’s End of Year Give, check out our collaboration with local candle maker Flores Lane on a new line of candles.
2021 Giving Tuesday at WILA
This year’s charitable season, opening on Giving Tuesday, might be more important than ever.
A Psychological Understanding of Why Detox Diets are So Seductive
For some, the urge to engage in a detox diet may be a desperate and misguided attempt to cleanse oneself of toxicity.
June is National PTSD Awareness Month
Healing trauma isn’t a “one size fits all” approach. Consider some potentially surprising options in this post.
Let’s Go Camping!
Can camping improve mental health?
Healing Horses
Find your stride with Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Will Robots Replace Therapists?
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence may open up new approaches to therapy, but it may cost us our humanity.
Some Notes on Anxiety for the Actors in the Room
Anxiety is both a common and an important experience to acknowledge, especially for actors.
Freud: Our Problematic Fave
Psychoanalysis has contributed greatly to our understanding of our psyche over the past 130 years. But it’s time for a 2020 update.
One Certainty*
Giving our community members the gift of certainty during this giving (and uncertain) season.
Women’s Trauma Group
WILA offers a 10-week support group for women who have experienced sexual trauma.