Houston Therapy

Houston Therapy Our goal is to help people live more meaningful and satisfying lives.

We provide individualized and effective counseling, psychotherapy, and psychological testing for teens and adults.

06/25/2026

A lot of kids with ADHD spend years hearing messages like:
“Try harder.”
“Pay attention.”
“Stop being lazy.”
“Why are you so emotional?”

Over time, those experiences can quietly turn into shame.

Many ADHD kids are not refusing to listen or making things difficult on purpose. Often, they’re struggling with emotional regulation, transitions, impulse control, overwhelm, and feeling constantly corrected.

Understanding the brain behind the behavior can completely change the parent-child relationship.

06/24/2026

I first heard the term “body doubling” from a client about four years ago. At the time, I’d never heard it in graduate school, supervision, or research training.

Now it’s everywhere in ADHD spaces online.

What’s interesting is that the term itself seems to have come more from ADHD coaching and lived experience than from academic psychology.

And while the research specifically on “body doubling” is still limited, the broader psychological ideas connected to it really aren’t. Concepts like social facilitation, accountability, behavioral activation, and co-regulation have been studied for decades.

In both my clinical and personal experience, though, body doubling genuinely seems to help a lot of people with ADHD start tasks, stay focused, and feel less overwhelmed.

Sometimes psychology names something after the research catches up. Sometimes people discover what works first.

06/22/2026

It’s hard to be a therapist on social media.

So many therapist hot takes are funny because half of them are just the basics of good psychotherapy.

Or just something incredibly banal that any decent therapist does or thinks.

“People should feel emotionally safe in relationships.”

“Childhood experiences affect adulthood.”

“You can’t heal if you never talk about anything real.”

“Boundaries matter.”

“Sleep and stress affect your mood.”

Social media rewards sounding controversial, certain, dramatic, and revolutionary.

But most of good therapy is pretty basic.

Empathize. Reflect. Be present. Hold space. Pay attention to patterns. Be curious about someone’s experience.

It’s not click-bait. It’s not a hot take. Its basics. And the basics work.

06/20/2026

Social media rewards certainty, hot takes, and acting like you have all the answers.

Good therapy usually requires the opposite.

Curiosity instead of certainty.
Listening instead of performing.
Nuance instead of extremes.
And the ability to tolerate not rushing to conclusions.

Sometimes the people who sound the most confident online are the people I’d trust the least in a therapy room.

06/19/2026

We’ve historically underestimated the relationship between hormones and mental health.

Emerging research suggests that perimenopause may increase mood instability in some women with bipolar disorder, and in rare cases, may even be associated with first-onset mania.

That does NOT mean menopause “causes” bipolar disorder.

But hormonal shifts can affect sleep, dopamine, circadian rhythms, stress response, and emotional regulation. These are all systems connected to mood.

This is one reason major mental health changes during menopause deserve real evaluation, not dismissal as “just hormones.”

06/19/2026

A lot of people think relationships are mostly about chemistry or communication skills.

But some of the most important relationship abilities are emotional skills most people never learned growing up:
– tolerating discomfort
– staying curious instead of defensive
– regulating emotions during conflict

These are learnable skills, and they can completely change the quality of connection people experience in relationships.

06/18/2026

Parenting with ADHD can feel exhausting in ways people don’t always see.

The overstimulation. The guilt. The constant feeling that you’re forgetting something or falling behind.

A lot of parents with ADHD aren’t failing. They’re overwhelmed while trying incredibly hard to hold everything together.

Your kids do not need perfection. They need repair, emotional presence, and enough safety to grow.

06/17/2026

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A lot of men were taught how to “handle things”…
but not how to understand what they’re feeling.

So anxiety becomes overworking.
Depression becomes numbness or irritability.
Stress becomes emotional shutdown.

Mental health struggles in men are often hidden in plain sight.

The goal isn’t to become less masculine.
It’s to become more aware, more connected, and more emotionally flexible.

A lot of men are carrying far more than they let other people see.

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06/17/2026

When two therapists finish their sessions with completely different energies. 😂

Which one are you today?

The skills that actually hold relationships together are rarely the ones we get taught.Most of us learn how to win an ar...
06/15/2026

The skills that actually hold relationships together are rarely the ones we get taught.

Most of us learn how to win an argument long before we learn how to stay in one. But connection doesn’t come from being right — it comes from being able to stay present when things get uncomfortable, curious when we’d rather defend ourselves, and grounded when emotions run high.

Three skills worth practicing:

1. Tolerating discomfort — staying emotionally present instead of shutting down or escaping.
2. Choosing curiosity over defensiveness — asking “what is this person actually feeling?” instead of “how do I prove I’m right?”
3. Regulating during conflict — the goal was never to stop fighting. It’s to stay connected while you do.

None of this is intuitive, and most of us were never shown how. The good news: these are skills, not personality traits. Which means they can be built.

Save this one for the next hard conversation. 🔖

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