Gray Manis, LCSW PLLC

10/17/2026

This here is worth reading.

09/11/2026

Pause if you need to, and remember this before you speak to your partner.

07/14/2026

07/12/2026

If you read that and thought about someone in your life. Good. Now turn it inward.

Because the harshest voice most of us deal with isn't coming from another person. It's the one inside your own head.

The one that replays every mistake at 2am, criticizing and shaming every bad decision you’ve ever made.

So here's the practice. Next time you catch that voice tearing into you, ask yourself: Would I let someone talk to my best friend this way?

If the answer is no, you don't get to talk to yourself that way either.

Tag someone who needs this reminder today.

06/19/2026

You’ve likely said or heard some of these lines before. And every single time, the conversation went nowhere good.

Here's what I want you to notice. The "Old You" isn't a bad person. It's the reactive, young part of you that learned a long time ago that it needed to fight, deflect, and shut down in order to protect itself.

The "New You" isn't about being perfect. It's about catching yourself in the moment and choosing something different. It's about staying on your side of the street and leading with what right would look like rather than what your partner did wrong.

This is the shift from conflict to connection.

Which one of these hit closest to home for you?

06/01/2026

New Episode Out Today!

“Intimacy From the Inside Out: Internal Family Systems and Healing Relationships” with Gray Manis, LCSW

In this episode of Guided, we sit down with therapist Gray Manis to explore what it means to heal from the inside out.
Gray specializes in Internal Family Systems (IFS), a powerful model of therapy that helps people understand and relate differently to the “parts” of themselves—protectors, critics, wounded places—and access the calm, compassionate core that IFS calls the Self.

He also works with couples using Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), helping partners understand how their internal worlds shape conflict, connection, and vulnerability.
We talk about trauma, attachment, reactivity, and how EMDR can help reprocess painful memories that keep individuals and couples stuck. This conversation is both deeply practical and profoundly hopeful: healing is not about eliminating parts of ourselves—it’s about leading them well.

Whether you’re a therapist, a couple wanting deeper intimacy, or someone trying to understand your own internal struggles, this episode will give you language and tools for real change.

Find the video here (https://www.compasscenterky.com/about/podcast), and audio is found wherever you stream podcasts!

05/29/2026

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05/27/2026

Sometimes it doesn’t take much for old stuff to get activated.

05/20/2026

Whether you’re struggling as a couple or not, this book can improve your relationships.

05/08/2026

Are there parts of you that you’ve exiled or lost touch with? Internal Family Systems Therapy can make healing those parts possible.