by Allison Kalivas | Apr 7, 2026 | All Posts, Allison Kalivas
Signs You’ve Been Triggered: A Practical Guide to Recognizing Trauma Symptoms Allison Kalivas, MA, LMFT You said something sharp to someone you love—and the words were out before you even knew they were coming. Or maybe you went completely blank in the middle of a...
by Allison Kalivas | Apr 3, 2026 | All Posts, Allison Kalivas, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Trauma Recovery
Why You Feel Stuck in Healing — It’s Not You, It’s Your Nervous System Allison Kalivas You’ve been trying. Really trying. You show up to your sessions. You journal. You breathe. You’ve read the books and done the exercises and said the hard things out loud. And...
by Allison Kalivas | Mar 23, 2026 | All Posts, Allison Kalivas, Couples Therapy, Healthy Relationships
Signs Your Relationship Needs Therapy — Before a Crisis Hits Allison Kalivas Most couples who sit down in my office for the first time say some version of the same thing: “We probably should have come sooner.” They’re not in the middle of a dramatic blow-up. There’s...
by Allison Kalivas | Mar 10, 2026 | All Posts, Allison Kalivas, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, Trauma Recovery
Combining Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR: What the Research Now Shows Allison Kalivas My colleague Dr. Joey Tadie wrote about combining KAP and EMDR back in 2024, when we were largely working from clinical rationale and early observation. A year later, the...
by Allison Kalivas | Feb 27, 2026 | All Posts, Allison Kalivas, Couples Therapy, Healthy Relationships, Neurodivergence
Neurodivergent Relationships: Different Needs, Same Worth Allison Kalivas If you’ve ever felt like relationship advice wasn’t written for you—or worse, that it was quietly written against you—that frustration makes sense. Many of my neurodivergent clients, and...
