Yes To Therapy

10/15/2026

Our Oregon office is open for you! In person options ✅ we are still making it our own, nice and crazy. If you have any ideas on how you like to see your therapists space as a client, let us know. Any recommendations on the back office, we are open to it.

09/10/2026

Overview of the key distinction
Core issue, mood changes, and triggers
Mania and hypomania
Relationships and sense of self
Treatment approaches

09/07/2026

Women’s mental health is more than anxiety and depression.

Sometimes what we call “mental health symptoms” are actually the result of years of adapting, caregiving, over-functioning, people-pleasing, or simply being expected to hold everything together.

Women’s mental health can be shaped by:

✨ Hormonal changes— PMS, PMDD, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and menopause can all impact mood, sleep, anxiety and emotional regulation.

🧠 ADHD & neurodivergence— symptoms can look different in women and are often overlooked or misdiagnosed.

❤️ Attachment & relationships— childhood experiences can influence how we communicate, set boundaries, trust others and respond to conflict.

👩‍👧 The mental load— constantly managing work, family, relationships, appointments, emotions and everyone else’s needs can lead to chronic overwhelm.

🚨 Trauma & survival patterns— hypervigilance, perfectionism, people-pleasing and difficulty resting can sometimes be adaptations that once helped us feel safe.

💼 Work & identity— ambition, burnout, workplace expectations and the pressure to “do it all” can profoundly affect mental health.

And sometimes the most important question isn’t:

What’s wrong with me?

It’s:
“What have I been carrying for too long?”

Women deserve mental health care that considers the “whole person”— body, relationships, attachment, environment, identity and life stage.

You don’t have to wait until you’re falling apart to ask for help.

09/04/2026

Meet Kennedy Brooks, our newest YTT therapist in Oregon. She works with teens, individuals, couples and families. She offers a hybrid of in person and Telehealth. Don’t wait to book!

09/02/2026

Setting Boundaries With Your Parents Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Love Them. ❤️

For many of us, boundaries with parents can feel really complicated.

In cultures where family loyalty, respect for elders, sacrifice, and staying connected are deeply valued, saying:

“I’m not comfortable with that.”

or

“I need some space.”

can feel like you’re being disrespectful, selfish, ungrateful, or even like a “bad daughter” or “bad son.”

But boundaries are not about rejecting your family.

They’re about creating healthier ways of being in relationship with them.

🌿 Instead of:
“You always interfere in my life.”

Try:
“I know you care about me, and I appreciate that. I need to make this decision on my own.”

🌿 Instead of:
“Stop asking me about that.”

Try:
“I know you’re curious because you care about me, but that’s something I’m not ready to talk about.”

🌿 Instead of:
“I’m not listening to you complain about them anymore.”

Try:
“I love you and I want to support you, but I don’t have the emotional capacity to have this conversation right now.”

🌿 Instead of:
“You don’t respect my boundaries.”

Try:
“I understand that you may see this differently. I’m asking you to respect that this is what I need.”

And remember:

Respecting your parents does not require abandoning yourself.

You can honor where you come from and create something healthier for where you’re going.

You can love your parents and say no.

You can be grateful and have limits.

You can respect elders and make your own choices.

You can stay connected to your culture without continuing every family pattern.

Sometimes the hardest part of setting a boundary isn’t saying it.

It’s tolerating the guilt, disappointment, or pushback that comes afterward.

A boundary is not an attempt to control someone else’s reaction.
It’s clarity about what you will participate in and what you will do to take care of yourself.

Your family may not immediately understand your boundaries.

That doesn’t automatically mean your boundaries are wrong.

08/24/2026

🌅 Start before you start
Give yourself 20–30 minutes before emails, messages, and work. Coffee, stretching, a walk, journaling—anything that gets you into your day before everyone else needs something from you.
🎯 Pick your “Big 3”
Identify the 3 things that would make Monday feel successful. Not 15 things. Three. This keeps you from confusing being busy with actually moving your life/business forward.
🧠 Do one thing you’ve been avoiding
Monday is a great day to tackle the email, phone call, financial task, difficult conversation, or decision you’ve been putting off. Do it early, then let it stop taking up mental space.
🌿 Create a Monday reset ritual
End your workday by taking 10 minutes to ask:
What did I accomplish?
What needs to move to Tuesday?
What am I carrying that I don’t need to carry tonight?

08/19/2026

Understanding Postpartum Depression

08/12/2026

07/28/2026

Our San Jose office is coming together! All of our ideas and decor is thoughtfully put together by our team. Do you need a therapist local to you? Well, high chances are, we have a therapist for you! Yes To Therapy is owned and operated by therapists!

07/16/2026

Ready to join us? Email us at [email protected], here are some parts to think about:

1. The Perfect Mom Part

•Exploring the inner voice that believes you have to do everything right.
•Learning how to lead with self-compassion instead of perfectionism.

2. Mom Guilt vs. Self Energy

•Understanding why guilt shows up so often in parenting.
•Separating protective parts from your calm, confident Self.

3. The Overwhelmed Part

•Recognizing the parts that carry the mental load, burnout, and resentment.
•Finding ways to care for those parts before they take over.

4. Breaking Generational Patterns

•Identifying the parenting beliefs you inherited.
•Choosing intentional responses instead of automatic reactions.

5. The Inner Critic

•Meeting the part that constantly tells you you’re not enough.
•Developing a more supportive internal relationship.

6. Losing Yourself in Motherhood

•Reconnecting with the parts of you beyond the role of “Mom.”
•Balancing caregiving with your own identity and needs.

7. Responding Instead of Reacting

•Using IFS to understand what gets activated when your child is dysregulated.
•Accessing Self Energy to parent with more calm and connection.

8. Healing Your Inner Child While Raising Your Child

•Exploring how parenting can activate old wounds.
•Offering compassion to younger parts while showing up differently for your children.