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Welcome to The Catalyst Center Blog, where our expert therapists provide insights, strategies, and resources to help you and your family thrive. We focus on mental health, well-being, and personal growth, offering practical guidance for every step of your journey.

We cover a wide range of topics, including trauma recovery, psychiatry, ketamine-assisted therapy, anxiety management, spiritual growth, and eating disorder recovery. Our goal is to equip you with the tools to build resilience and navigate life’s challenges with confidence. Whether you’re seeking practical advice, a deeper understanding of the therapeutic process, or the latest in mental health research, our blog is here to empower and support you at every stage of your journey.

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Therapy for High-Functioning Neurodivergent Women

Allison Kalivas
From the outside, many high-functioning neurodivergent women look like they're doing just fine — capable, intelligent, and put together. But...
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Beginner’s Mind Practice: Let Go & Grow Spiritually

Cory Degnen
Spiritual growth doesn't always come from accumulating insight — sometimes it comes from letting go of what you think you...
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Healing Isn’t Linear. Neither Is Nervous System Work

Jenn Kloewer
I have a C-PTSD diagnosis and a life that has not stopped being hard. I'm not writing this from the...
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Is Therapy Making You Feel Worse? What It Means (and When to Be Concerned)

Susan Smith
It’s not uncommon to feel worse after therapy, especially when deeper emotions or past experiences begin to surface. In many...
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Couple’s Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: What to Expect

Katie Godfrey
Feeling stuck in the same patterns no matter how much you talk? Couple's Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) offers something different...
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Signs You’ve Been Triggered: A Practical Guide to Recognizing Trauma Symptoms

Allison Kalivas
The reaction was out before you could stop it — and now you're wondering what just happened. Trauma symptoms don't...
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Why You Feel Stuck in Healing: It’s Your Nervous System

Allison Kalivas
You've been doing the work — and yet something still feels stuck. Before you decide something is wrong with you...
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When Meditation Feels Frustrating: It’s Not Failure

Cory Degnen
Frustration during meditation is more common than anyone admits — and more meaningful than you might think. Rather than a...
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Why Communication Skills Alone Won’t Save Your Relationship

Dorothy Moon
Most couples come to therapy saying they need to communicate better. But communication tools often fail — not because they...
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Signs Your Relationship Needs Therapy — Before a Crisis Hits

Allison Kalivas
Most couples who seek therapy say the same thing: "We should have come sooner." Here are the subtle signs your...
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Can AI Be My Therapist? A Psychologist’s Honest Answer

Erin Jacklin
When AI chatbots appeared capable of offering warmth and conversation 24 hours a day at little to no cost, it...
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Combining Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR: What the Research Now Shows

Allison Kalivas
The science on combining ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and EMDR has caught up — here's what the latest findings show, and what...
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