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The "I'm Fine" Era Is Over. What Happens When You Finally Stop Pretending?
Something is shifting. Women are done performing that we're okay. But nobody tells us what comes after we stop saying we're fine... By Michaela Kozlik, LCPC · Therapist specializing in women's mental health & trauma, Illinois You've said it thousands of times. At work, when someone asked how you were holding up after a brutal week. At home, when your partner noticed you are more quiet or tense. To your mother, your friends, your doctor. To yourself, in the car on the way home
Michaela Kozlik
May 157 min read


Perimenopause and Anxiety: When It Feels Like Something Is Wrong With You
You've handled hard things your whole life. So why does everything suddenly feel like too much? Here's what many women still don't know about perimenopause and your nervous system. By Michaela Kozlik, LCPC · Therapist specializing in perimenopause & trauma, Illinois You wake up in the middle of the night with your heart racing without a reason. You were asleep, and then suddenly you weren't, and now your mind is running a list of everything that could go wrong and you can't m
Michaela Kozlik
May 139 min read


What Happens in a Full Day Therapy Intensive | Michaela Kozlik, LCPC | Illinois
You've been curious about intensives. Here's exactly what six hours actually looks like from the inside. By Michaela Kozlik, LCPC · Therapist specializing in perimenopause, anxiety & trauma, Illinois If you've been reading or seeing posts about extended therapy and thinking what actually happens... What does six hours of therapy even look like? This article is for you. I want to give you an idea of what the a full-day intensive may look like. What we do, why we do it in that
Michaela Kozlik
May 1012 min read
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