The holidays arrive every year accompanied by twinkling lights, festive songs, and for many families, an undercurrent of tension. Celebrating with family can sometimes feel less like a haven from the everyday stress and more like tiptoeing through a booby-trapped obstacle course, where one comment can set off years’ worth of pent-up feelings. Holidays can…
Archives for November 2025
How Our Team Practices Gratitude: Thanksgiving Inspiration & Wishes from Wildflower
Gratitude has a way of grounding us—helping us see what’s here now instead of focusing on what’s missing. In a world that often feels divided, taking a moment to express genuine appreciation has never mattered more. A thoughtful word, a considerate gesture, or a shared moment of connection can ripple outward, reminding us that kindness…
Therapist Spotlight: Simone Watkins, MEd, LPC
Simone is a psychotherapist at Wildflower. In her clinical practice, Simone draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Psychodynamic, and relational theories. Simone works with adolescents, adults, couples, and family structures experiencing stressful transitions including the transition to parenthood, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, sexual challenges, and relationship issues. Simone has experience in addressing…
Why You Can’t Relax: Self-Criticism, Overcontrol, and What to Do About It
In a society that highly values productivity, perfectionism, and doing things right, it is easy to believe that we would not be as successful, functional, or achieving if we were not hard on ourselves. Common Self-Critical Thoughts Have you ever had thoughts that sound something like this? This type of thinking can give us the…
Therapist Spotlight: Sara Fetterly, MSW, LSW
Sara is a psychotherapist at Wildflower. In their integrative clinical practice, Sara draws on Psychodynamic Theory, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and Attachment Theory while using evidence-based interventions from DBT and ACT. Sara works with adolescents, adults, couples, and family units experiencing stressful transitions, including the transition to parenthood, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, sexual challenges,…
Why is Making Friends as an Adult so Hard?
We all know what it feels like to be lonely. No one wants to be characterized as a “loner” or “antisocial,” and yet most of us have felt deeply disconnected from others at one time or another. When we feel lonely, it is easy to feel like we are, literally, alone. Research shows that loneliness…
