melanie cooke M.A., Ed.M., LMHC

Why Reframing Won't Help Your Anxiety (And Why Regulation Will)

This week, 'Therapy Begins with T(ea)' steeps on intrusive thoughts & repetitive anxiety and offers a full body check-in to practice...

Our body's way of physically digesting can teach us a lot about emotional digestion & processing

This week, 'Therapy Begins with T(ea)' steeps on the important difference between intensity and intimacy & offers a body based check-in...

The antidote to an anxious & 'busy' mind

Choosing wholeheartedness over perfectionism

The key to regulating your nervous system is balance

This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on the connection between anxiety & our inner child and includes a body based check-in to...

This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on holiday anxiety and includes a body based check-in to help you navigate it. Therapy Begins...

This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on cognitive defusion, the mindful practice of detaching from our negative thoughts, and...

This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on how we can better regulate our emotions through 'bracketing' and offers tips of how to...

This week, 'Therapy Begins with Tea' steeps on how our bodies' feedback can give us clarity on what we need and offers tips on how to...

A simple and effective way to de-activate when we're feeling anxious