AI vs. Your Therapist
Can ChatGPT replace your therapist? Two LMFTs explain where AI helps, where it falls short, privacy risks, and why the therapeutic relationship matters.
Introversion, Extroversion, and Your Social Battery
What drains your social battery? Two therapists explain introversion, extroversion, temperament, and basic needs, plus how to recharge without the guilt.
The Messy Reality of the Holiday Season
Feeling pressure to be grateful? Two therapists unpack toxic positivity, gift-giving anxiety, receiving help, and holiday jealousy. Let the real stuff in.
What Resilience Really Looks Like
Is resilience something you learn? Carol DeMarco joins ShrinkChicks to share her Pearls of Wisdom on gratitude, emotions, and building resilience.
The Cost of Keeping Everyone Happy
Always the easy one? Two therapists explain the hidden costs of people-pleasing, the boundary hangover, and how to say no without spiraling into guilt.
Finding Self-Esteem & Self-Confidence
What is the difference between self-esteem and self-confidence? Two therapists explain where each comes from and practical ways to build self-trust.
Why Is It So Hard to Let People In?
Why is vulnerability so hard? Two therapists explain why we put up walls, how to start opening up in small steps, and what the silent treatment is protecting.
The Friendship Episode: Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends
Why are adult friendships so hard? Two therapists talk effort, loneliness, drifting apart, and why a friendship breakup can hurt as much as a romantic one.
How Not to Become Your Parents
Afraid of turning into your parents? Two family therapists share how to spot inherited patterns, set boundaries without cutting contact, and break the cycle.
Marriage Advice We Actually Believe In
Two married family therapists share the marriage advice they actually believe in, what to discuss before you wed, and how to know if they're the one.
Can You Heal From Betrayal?
Can a relationship survive an affair? Two couples therapists explain healing after infidelity, rebuilding trust, and how to decide whether to stay or go.
When Opposite Feelings Coexist
Grateful but wanting more? Relieved and grieving? Two therapists explain how two things can be true at once, and why mixed emotions can be a sign of growth.
What If I Made the Wrong Decision?
Worried you made the wrong decision? Two therapists explain regret vs. guilt vs. shame, why fear of regret paralyzes you, and how to move forward.
Is This My Inner Child or My Adult Self?
Is that reaction coming from your inner child or your adult self? Two therapists explain inner child work, reparenting, and breaking generational patterns.
When You're Changing and Your Partner Isn't
Growing while your partner stays the same? Two couples therapists explain how to grow together at different paces, reconnect, and know when to stay or go.
When Therapy Isn't Working (Or So It Seems)
Feel like therapy isn't working? Two therapists explain red flags, realistic timelines, therapeutic fit, and why therapy can feel worse before it gets better.
What Is High-Functioning Codependency? with Terri Cole
Terri Cole explains high-functioning codependency: auto-advice giving, overfunctioning, what it costs you, and one question that changes it.
What It Means to Be a Highly Sensitive Person
What is a highly sensitive person, and how is it different from an empath? Two therapists on overstimulation, burnout, and caring for your sensitivity.
The Business Advice We Never Received: Starting a Private Practice
How two LMFTs built a group practice from a $550 basement office: the mistakes, the referral strategy that worked, and partnering with a friend.
An Inside Look at Becoming a Therapist
Two LMFTs answer new therapists' questions: the pre-licensure years, imposter syndrome, late cancellation fees, time off, and therapy for therapists.