CBT therapy

It's midnight. You're exhausted. The day is done, the house is quiet, there is nothing left that needs doing and your brain has decided that right now is the ideal time to: Replay a conversation from three days ago. Mentally draft an email you'll actually write tomorrow. Run through everything that could go wrong next week. Catalogue the things you forgot to do today. Solve a problem that doesn't need solving until Thursday. You're not choosing this. It's not useful. And the

You've always been this way. Thorough. Detail-oriented. The person who catches what everyone else misses, who would rather redo something than submit work that's less than excellent. These qualities have served you well — academically, professionally, in the eyes of people who rely on you. So when someone suggests your perfectionism might be a problem, the reaction is usually resistance: This is just who I am. Without it, I'd be mediocre. Here's the question worth sitting wit

There is a particular kind of wound that doesn't fit neatly into the categories we usually use to describe psychological suffering. It isn't simply fear, grief, or anxiety. It is something closer to a fracture in the moral foundation of a person — the sense that something happened that should not have, that you were part of it, and that you can never fully make it right. This is moral injury. It is one of the most underrecognized forms of psychological distress affecting peop

A cancer diagnosis changes everything. Even after treatment ends, many survivors find themselves caught in a relentless cycle of worry, hypervigilance, and emotional exhaustion that is difficult to explain to others—and even harder to simply "think your way out of." If you've been told you should feel grateful or relieved now that the hard part is over, but instead feel anxious, numb, or overwhelmed, you are not alone. And you are not broken. Cancer-related stress is real, re

The Myths Surrounding Trauma Therapy Myth 1: "You Have to Relive Your Trauma in Detail" The Reality: While trauma therapy does involve discussing your experiences, skilled therapists help you do this in a safe, controlled way. Evidence-based treatments like Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) are designed to help you process traumatic memories without being overwhelmed by them. In PE, you gradually approach trauma-related memories and situations

At Brenner Psychological Associates , I work with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, and major life transitions—often...

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The environment we inhabit plays a significant role in our mental well-being. For many people seeking psychological therapy, the notion...

Trauma can deeply affect how you see yourself, others, and the world. You may feel stuck in the past, overwhelmed by guilt or fear, or...

As a licensed psychologist providing online therapy for adults in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont , I frequently work with...