Self Compassion: Focusing Technique
Self Compassion: Focusing Technique BestTherapy April 12, 2025 Blog Most of us are experiencing increased stress levels due to financial fears, social isolation, and health concerns as a result of COVID-19. When stress levels are high, our internal resources (like patience and resilience) get depleted. That means we are more likely to get irritated by […]
Sound Bath Therapy
Sound Bath Therapy BestTherapy April 12, 2025 Blog Sound bath therapy is a deeply immersive experience that supports developing the skill of full-body listening. The body can feel the vibrations as well as hear the tones. This kind of listening is profoundly nurturing to the mind and body. A sound bath is typically experienced lying […]
Parts Work: Internal Family Systems
Parts Work: Internal Family Systems BestTherapy April 12, 2025 Blog Connecting with the parts (our inner children) with curiosity towards them leads to compassion and clarity. Ultimately, self-love requires re-parenting ourselves. Most people are familiar with the idea of having an inner child. However, we are now coming to a basic understanding that we internalize […]
Journal Prompts for Healing Your Inner Critic
Journal Prompts for Healing Your Inner Critic BestTherapy February 24, 2025 Blog There are lots of valid reasons not to feel safe in the world: global warming, oppressive patriarchal systems, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc. These systems thrive on keeping us small, afraid, and ashamed. That is why we must create a safe inner […]
The Fawn Response
The Fawn Response BestTherapy February 24, 2025 Blog We are biologically hardwired to seek attachment with our caregivers. We are driven to attach even if our caregivers are emotionally neglectful/unavailable, abusive, critical, shaming, etc. When we are children, we cannot escape our households and are forced into making the best of painful situations. This requires […]
Relational Movements
Relational Movements BestTherapy February 19, 2025 Blog According to Damasio (Sletvold, 2019), from an evolutionary perspective, a living body and emotions came first, followed by an unconscious mind and, lastly, conscious minds, feelings, and self. The conscious mind emerged from organisms, like bacteria, that developed adaptive behaviors to maintain homeostasis within the organism. Feelings drove […]
Fascia, Core Self and the Patriarchy
Fascia, Core Self and the Patriarchy BestTherapy February 19, 2025 Blog We are examining fascia through the patriarchal lens. The fascia has historically been considered unimportant and disposable. It was literally what would get scraped away so that we could see the “essential stuff,” like muscles and bones. It just so happens that the fascia […]
