As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I’ve seen how powerfully hormones influence mental health. Shifts during puberty, the menstrual cycle, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, gender-affirming care, or medical treatment can affect mood,...
Why Trauma Leaves Parts Stuck When trauma or chronic stress happens, and we’re not able to find a sense of safety and wellbeing, parts of us often stay activated or ‘on the ready’ in survival roles. Some parts take on protective jobs—controlling, avoiding, or shutting...
Since the beginning of the school year, communities across the United States have been shaken by multiple school shootings — including the tragic event this week at Evergreen High School and, earlier this school year, a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in...
What Is Internal Family Systems (IFS)? Internal Family Systems therapy—often shortened to IFS—is a powerful, evidence-based model that views people through the lens of multiplicity. Instead of seeing ourselves as one fixed identity, IFS recognizes that we are made up...
Erin Wyatt, PMHNP-BC is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner offering integrative, whole-person psychiatric care at The Catalyst Center in Denver, Colorado. With a deeply holistic background spanning over 20 years, Erin blends experience in...
You Know Therapy Is Helpful—But Maybe Not in the Way It’s Currently Offered We often hear from clients who feel stuck—not because therapy isn’t working, but because the structure of weekly 50-minute sessions doesn’t give them the depth or momentum they’re craving....
