by Cory Degnen | Oct 16, 2025 | All Posts, Cory Degnen, Personal Growth
Confusion is one of the most avoided human experiences—and one of the most essential. We spend so much of life trying to know: to know who we are, what we want, what’s next. Yet being human means not knowing. It means being confused. Somewhere along the way, we lost...
by Cory Degnen | Oct 9, 2025 | All Posts, Cory Degnen, Personal Growth, Trauma Recovery
I remember the first time I witnessed a skilled dream analysis. The impact of watching a master at work sent shivers of inspiration through me. My professor leaned back in his chair and said, “I’m going to close my eyes for the entirety of this. It helps me enter the...
by Susan Smith | Oct 7, 2025 | All Posts, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Susan Smith
What Is IFS Therapy? Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a powerful approach that views the mind as an inner community made up of many different “parts.” These parts often carry distinct feelings, needs, and roles. For example, one part of me may want to go out...
by Admin | Oct 2, 2025 | All Posts, Anxiety & Depression, Assessment, Eating Disorder Recovery, EMDR and Trauma Recovery, Trauma Recovery
At The Catalyst Center, we believe mental health care should be accessible and affordable—without compromising quality. That’s why we’re proud to offer low cost therapy in Denver with one of our advanced graduate student clinicians, Heidi Streicher, MA. Heidi brings...
by Erin Wyatt | Sep 29, 2025 | All Posts, Anxiety & Depression, Erin Wyatt, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood, Psychiatry
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,...
by Susan Smith | Sep 24, 2025 | All Posts, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Susan Smith
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...
