Alchemy Psychotherapy

08/17/2026

You can be good at your life and still be worn out by it.
I wrote about what high-functioning anxiety really looks like, and what starts to change when you stop running on adrenaline.

You appear calm and capable, but privately you're wired, over-prepared, and drained. What high-functioning anxiety is, why it hides, and how therapy helps.

08/05/2026

https://www.alchemypsychotherapy.com/post/harm-reduction-in-therapy/

What harm reduction really means in therapy: meeting you where you are, why it isn't the same as enabling, and how it works alongside recovery. By Shayan Salar, LCSW, LCADC.

08/04/2026

09/08/2022

https://review.firstround.com/how-to-fix-the-co-founder-fights-youre-sick-of-having-lessons-from-couples-therapist-esther-perel

Renowned couples therapist Esther Perel now has her sights trained on helping a different kind of pair: co-founders in the startup world. Here, she reveals her playbook for resolving recurring conflicts and communication failures between co-founders by sharing her favorite techniques for getting to....

07/21/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/20/scientists-question-widespread-use-of-antidepressants-after-survey-on-serotonin?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1g7zqCSbpK0ySA6SFx3b48p4BcutA44L6G6rUhC0WA186xoe1r9gi5gv4&fs=e&s=cl =1658316821

Researchers question use of antidepressants, prescribed to one in six UK adults

07/07/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/15/the-hidden-sense-shaping-your-wellbeing-interoception?fbclid=IwAR0kiCnqzCfboK_1ZbMoggKoJv6rU3JZuUBgixpje_cN6IaBr5792R5dmbo

There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depression

01/17/2022

“This talk is for anyone who has ever loved.”

Infidelity is the ultimate betrayal. But does it have to be? Relationship therapist Esther Perel examines why people cheat, and unpacks why affairs are so traumatic: because they threaten our emotional security. In infidelity, she sees something unexpected — an expression of longing and loss. A mu...

12/13/2021

If you’re interested in learning just a little more about what actually goes on behind the scenes.

by Dr. K. Hixson

08/09/2021

https://elemental.medium.com/why-yoga-can-be-triggering-for-trauma-survivors-8c687140525d

Your relationship to stillness affects your experience on the mat

06/22/2021

Enjoying the sensation of being alone requires that experience to be optional. Without the ability to go in and out of solitude, we simply become lonely. This is troubling because, as Gessen writes, “isolation is the enemy of solitude: when we cannot see our reflection in the eyes and ideas of others, the self disappears, and solitude turns into loneliness.”

Read more in the On Caring blog post "Solitude and Caring" Written By Brendan McInerney.

https://oncaring.org/blog/solitude-and-caring