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The Mind and Body Clinic

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🌱Holistic Mental Health
ASD & ADHD 🧠
👀EMDR & TF-CBT
Perinatal Care🤰 The practice is owned by Brooke Martin, LCSW.

The Mind and Body Clinic is a small group practice, focused on providing holistic mental health care to the individuals in our community. Provider Specialities Include: Assisting neurodivergent adults/teens, children's therapy, family therapy, substance use, perinatal support, managing symptoms of trauma with EMDR, TF-CBT, and other best practice models. Additionally, our practice tends to be uniq

ue in that we work with other providers in your area to take a holistic approach to your health! For some nutritional support, hormonal support, or gut health may be reasons we work alongside a P*P!

09/04/2026

Where is home? Seems like a simple question but for someone who has spent most of their life living outside of their passport country this can feel confusing. Moving back to your passport country can bring a slew of emotions and giving those thoughts and feelings a name can help!

09/02/2026

Kids with ADHD need to hear the good things we notice about them—over and over.

Not just said to them, but said about them where they can hear it.

1. “I’m so proud of who they are—not just what they accomplish.”

2. “Their brain sees things differently. They come up with solutions I never would have thought of.”

3. “They feel things deeply, and that’s part of what makes them care so deeply, too.”

4. “Did you see how hard they kept trying, even when it got frustrating?”

5. “I noticed how kind they were to their friend today. That kindness is such a big part of who they are.”

6. “Some things are harder for them, but you should see them when it comes to [specific strength]. They’re incredible.”

7. “I feel so lucky to be their parent. They bring so much joy, personality, and life into our home.”

Because ADHD kids often hear plenty about what they forgot, interrupted, lost, didn’t finish, or need to work on.

Make sure they also overhear the things you hope become part of their inner voice someday.

08/31/2026

🌿 Struggle was never meant to be carried alone.

Sometimes we get so good at saying “I’m fine” that we forget we were never designed to handle everything by ourselves.

Struggle thrives in silence.
Shame grows in isolation.
But healing often begins when we let someone in.

You don’t have to have the right words.
You don’t have to wait until things are “bad enough.”
You don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is say:

“I’m struggling.”
“I need help.”
“Can you sit with me in this?”

Connection matters. Community matters. Therapy matters.

And needing support doesn’t make you weak—it makes you human. 🤍

You were never meant to do life alone.

08/31/2026

For many of us another back-to-school week is in the books. 🎒🙌

And if your nervous system is feeling it…you’re not alone.

New schedules, earlier mornings, activities, appointments, work, kids adjusting to school—and everyone trying to find their new rhythm.

Even the therapists at MBC have been pulling out the regulation strategies this week. 😂

Sometimes that looks like movement, breathing, getting outside, taking a break…

And sometimes it looks like two therapists sitting on the floor under a therapy swing, talking to another therapist after a long week. 😂

Because regulation isn’t just something we teach our clients. It’s something we have to practice too.

So as we head into another week:

What can you intentionally add this week to help your nervous system stay regulated?

More sleep?
A walk outside?
Less on the schedule?
Movement?
Quiet time?
Talking to someone who gets it?

It doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes your nervous system just needs a little more room. 💚

08/27/2026

⚠️ WARNING PART ✌🏻

We asked Chat GPT to warn potential therapy clients about Leah.

🚨 Potential clients, consider this your warning before meeting Leah. 🚨

Leah is the kind of therapist who will make you feel way too comfortable talking about things you’ve spent years avoiding.

She will probably:

⚠️Ask questions that make you say, “Wow… I never thought about it that way.”

⚠️Validate your feelings without automatically validating every conclusion you’ve made about yourself or other people.

⚠️Gently call you out when you’re taking responsibility for things that were never yours to carry.

⚠️Notice the tiny details you casually mention and somehow remember them three sessions later.

⚠️Help you connect the dots between what your brain knows and what your nervous system is doing.

⚠️Talk about trauma, attachment, neurodiversity, emotions, and coping skills… and somehow make it feel less like a lecture and more like a conversation.

⚠️Ask, “But what do you need?” approximately 47 times until you finally stop answering with what everyone else needs.

⚠️Give you actual things to try between sessions instead of just saying, “See you next week.”

⚠️Probably sneak in a little humor when things get heavy.

⚠️Celebrate your strengths so aggressively that you may eventually have to admit you’re more capable than you thought.

⚠️⚠️Biggest warning:

You may come in thinking, “I just need someone to help me fix this one problem,” and leave realizing that the problem was connected to approximately seventeen other things.

And if you're a parent? She may gently remind you that your child's behavior is communication, while also reminding you that you are allowed to have limits and boundaries.

So, proceed with caution.

Side effects may include: increased self-awareness, stronger boundaries, better emotional vocabulary, unexpected crying, occasional “aha!” moments, and the realization that therapy might actually be kind of fun. 😅

08/24/2026

MONDAY MISSION 🌿 | Consider This Your Warning 😂

We jumped on the trend and asked ChatGPT:
“Describe Brooke like you’re trying to warn potential therapy clients before they meet her.”

And, well… we feel slightly attacked by the accuracy. 🤣

⚠️ WARNING TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS BEFORE MEETING BROOKE:

She’s going to ask why something is the way it is more than “how does that make you feel?”

She will probably notice the pattern you were hoping nobody noticed.

She believes coping skills are helpful—but eventually she’s going to want to know why your nervous system keeps needing them in the first place.

She may talk about your brain, your body, your childhood, your sleep, your relationships, your sensory system, and possibly your gut… all in the same session.

And apparently we should disclose this upfront: she’s a little crunchy. 🌿😂

She believes your brain is attached to a body, so don’t be surprised if she gets curious about sleep, nutrition, movement, sensory needs, inflammation, or what your nervous system has been doing lately.

She may recommend EMDR and tell you to go outside.

If you say, “I don’t know,” there’s a strong possibility she’ll respond:

“That’s okay. Let’s get curious.”

She’ll celebrate your progress.

She’ll also lovingly call you out on your BS.

And at some point, she may suggest that the thing you’ve spent years calling a character flaw actually makes a lot more sense once we understand your brain, nervous system, experiences, and environment.

Side effects may include: uncomfortable self-awareness, better boundaries, questioning old narratives, increased self-compassion, and randomly hearing Brooke’s voice in your head saying:

“Okay… but what’s underneath that?” 😂

And honestly, that’s a pretty good summary of our Monday Mission at The Mind and Body Clinic.

We don’t just want to help people manage symptoms. We want to get curious about the whole person and understand what’s underneath them.

Mind. Body. Nervous system. Environment. Experiences. All of it.

Or, as ChatGPT so eloquently summarized Brooke: “Crunchy, but with a clinical license.” 🌿🧠🤣

Think we should have Leah do one too? 🤣

08/21/2026

ADHD paralysis isn’t laziness—it can feel like your brain has hit the brakes, even when you want to move forward. 🧠💛

When everything feels overwhelming, don’t focus on the whole list. Start with the next small step:

✨ Get started
🥪 Get fueled
🌿 Organize your thoughts

You don’t have to do everything. You just need to find a way to get moving again—one small step at a time.

Save this checklist for the next time your brain feels stuck, and share it with someone who might need it! 💚

08/19/2026

For the overachievers.
The perfectionists.
The ones who are always thinking about what needs to be done next.

Doing nothing can feel incredibly uncomfortable.

We’re used to measuring a good day by how much we accomplished. We push through exhaustion, override our bodies, and tell ourselves we’ll rest when everything is done.

Except everything is never done.

Sometimes your brain and body don’t need another productivity hack, another supplement, another coping skill, or another thing added to the to-do list.

Sometimes they need a power down and reset.

Because when we keep pushing past the warning signs without giving our system a chance to recover, we can accidentally crash the whole system.

And suddenly, instead of choosing to slow down for a little while, our brain and body may force us to.

No optimizing.
No catching up.
No feeling guilty because you “should” be doing something.

Just rest.

Because rest isn’t always the reward for finishing the work.

Sometimes rest is the work. 🌿

08/18/2026

Healing isn’t about asking, “What’s wrong with me?” 💚

It’s about getting curious about what you’ve experienced, how your body learned to respond, and what you need to feel safe, supported, and connected today.

Our responses often make sense when we understand the experiences that shaped them. What once helped us survive may not always be what we need to thrive.

🌱 You are not broken. Your responses have a story.

Therapy can be a space to gently explore that story, build safety, develop new ways of coping, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been buried beneath survival.

Healing is not about becoming someone different. It’s about creating enough safety to become more fully yourself.

08/13/2026

That transition back to school can feel really tough on everyone! Give yourself (and your kids) permission to slow down and adjust while you get back into the swing of things.

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4121 S Fremont Avenue Suite 152
Springfield, MO
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