A New Tomorrow Therapy

09/21/2026

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09/14/2026

When paperwork needs to get done, I put my best employee in the job!

08/30/2026

There was a very personal story behind the butterfly as a foundation for the logo of A New Tomorrow; but also the idea that during the process of therapy we are transforming and becoming a new and more beautiful version of ourselves. This week many of us have felt sadness, again mourning the loss of someone we never met but felt connected to through music, film, and television.

At least three of Dolly Parton’s songs have butterfly in the title (“Love is Like a Butterfly” in 1974, “Butterflies” in 1984, and “Butterfly” in 2025 collaboration with Zac Brown Band). She saw herself, I suspect, as a butterfly who transformed from a girl born into humble beginnings to a mega superstar.

I wonder when you emerge from your cocoon who you will decide to be? 🦋

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08/19/2026

Our newest blog post seeks to give parents a few tips to help the process of transitioning kids back to school…..

The final weeks of summer can bring mixed emotions for families. Some children are excited to see friends and return to familiar routines, while others may feel anxious, irritable, overwhelmed, or …

08/15/2026

A Little Reminder…..

You are allowed to be proud of the person you are becoming.

Not all growth is dramatic.

Sometimes growth looks like setting a boundary you used to be afraid to set.

Sometimes it’s catching yourself before falling into an old pattern.

Sometimes it’s resting without feeling guilty.

Sometimes it’s asking for help.

Sometimes it’s realizing that something that once consumed you doesn’t have quite the same hold on you anymore.

And sometimes growth is simply waking up and deciding to try again.

We spend so much time thinking about how far we still have to go that we forget to look back and recognize how far we’ve already come.

So this week, give yourself credit for the things no one else sees.

The healing.
The learning.
The unlearning.
The boundaries.
The courage.
The trying again.

You may be making more progress than you realize.

07/30/2026

As a mental health therapist, I've been following the Lindsay Clancy trial closely. Like so many others, my heart has broken over and over again for those three beautiful children and the family left behind. There are no winners in this case. Only unimaginable loss.

What has stayed with me almost as much as the testimony has been the public reaction. Reading comment after comment has reminded me how much work we still have to do in helping people understand mental illness—especially severe mental illness and maternal mental health.

One of the most common misconceptions is that if someone can smile, carry on a conversation, drive a car, make plans, or look "normal," they couldn't possibly be experiencing psychosis or profound mental illness. But that isn't how the brain works.

I've sat with people who looked composed while describing emotional pain so overwhelming they could barely survive it. Mental illness doesn't always look chaotic from the outside. Sometimes it hides behind routines, responsibilities, and conversations that seem completely ordinary. The suffering is real even when it isn't visible.

My heart will always ache for those children. Nothing about understanding mental illness changes that.

But I also believe we can hold compassion for a woman who, according to the evidence presented, was desperately ill, sought treatment, and is now living with consequences that no punishment could ever erase. Compassion is not the same as excusing someone's actions. It is recognizing that profound suffering existed long before tragedy struck.

One moment from the trial has stayed with me more than any testimony. Watching her attorney sit beside Lindsay, emotional, quietly holding her hand, reminded me that compassion can still exist even in the darkest circumstances. It was a simple act of humanity in the middle of unimaginable heartbreak.

This case challenges all of us—not just mental health professionals, but physicians, attorneys, family members, friends, and communities—to ask difficult questions.

Did we truly hear someone when they said they weren't okay?

Did we understand the seriousness of what they were experiencing?

What more can we do to recognize suffering before it reaches a point of no return?

I hope this case leaves us talking more openly about maternal mental health, taking psychiatric symptoms seriously, investing in better treatment, and replacing assumptions with curiosity.

We don't have to choose between grieving for innocent children and acknowledging the devastating reality of severe mental illness. Both can be true.

In my work, I've learned that compassion isn't a limited resource. We don't run out of it by extending it to more than one person. Sometimes the hardest cases are the ones that remind us of that the most.

05/15/2026

Check out our newest blog post (it’s been a while)….. Choosing Mercy: What Mental Health Care Can Learn from Compassion

https://anewtomorrowtherapy.com/blog-blog-blog/e

Choosing Mercy: What Mental Health Care Can Learn from Compassion “They’s justice and they’s mercy. If you not sure what to do and you gotta choose one or the other, I say always go the mercy way. …

05/04/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

This year’s theme: More Good Days Together

At its core, mental health isn’t about perfection—it’s about having more days where things feel manageable, meaningful, and connected.

“More Good Days Together” reminds us that healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in conversations. In shared laughter. In support systems that show up—again and again.

At A New Tomorrow Therapy, we believe:
- Good days are built, not found
- Connection is a powerful form of care
- Small steps forward still count

Whether it’s reaching out to a friend, attending a therapy session, setting a boundary, or simply getting through a hard day—that all matters. Those moments add up.

Because mental health isn’t just about surviving the tough days…
It’s about creating more good days—and doing it together.

If you’re struggling, you don’t have to do it alone. We’re here to walk alongside you. 💚

04/25/2026

As a mental health professional, I am very concerned to hear the Secretary of HHS today proclaim that diet alone can cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He also, specifically, called out the keto diet as a diet that can cure mental illness. Lets be clear THERE IS NO EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH TO INDICATE THAT DIET CAN CURE ANY MENTAL ILLNESS. Making these misleading statements is dangerous and, in fact, life threatening; particularly to those with serious mental illness.

Of course, overall diet can improve mental health through the gut-brain axis; but this does not equate to curing mental illness. People with chronic serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often struggle with medication compliance. Hearing someone make these broad and misleading statements may lead them to make ill-informed decisions that could lead to life threatening consequences.

I implore you, please DO NOT make medication adjustment decisions based on information obtained from someone who does not have a medical degree, who does not work in the mental health field, and who is not your practitioner. Work with your mental health provider, your prescriber, and your treatment team before making any medication decisions.

04/01/2026

While the Supreme Court may have ruled on allowing conversion therapy under First Amendment free speech protections, we stand firmly with the American Psychological Association (APA), American Counseling Association (ACA), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and decades of evidence-based research in opposing the practice of conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy is not therapeutic care.
It is a harmful, discredited practice that has been consistently shown in research to increase depression, anxiety, internalized shame, substance use, self-harm, and suicidality.

Large-scale studies—including research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Pediatrics) and findings from The Trevor Project’s national surveys—have found that LGBTQ+ youth who experience conversion efforts are significantly more likely to attempt su***de than those who do not. Some studies indicate the risk is more than double.

The APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation found no credible evidence that conversion therapy is effective, and substantial evidence that it causes harm.
Similarly, the American Academy of Pediatrics has warned that these practices can lead to lasting psychological trauma, including family rejection and identity distress.

As mental health professionals, our role is not to shame, suppress, or “fix” identity.
Our role is to provide safe, affirming, ethical, and evidence-based care that supports individuals in living authentically and with dignity.

Every person deserves care rooted in science, compassion, and human dignity — not fear, coercion, or stigma.