Janelle Klaas, LMFT

In the process of restoring a connection with others, we can realize that we actually create a connection with ourselves. In being seen and loved for who we are, how we think, and what we feel, we learn it’s okay to be as we are. If our core human need is to connect with others, then the most important part of healing our emotional wounds is allowing ourselves to open up again. It is simply our willingness to show up as we are, and our trust that we will be taken care of. https://forge.medium.com/if-connection-is-our-core-human-ne

This is beautifully written and reflects much of how I feel about the work that my clients and I engage in every week. It's such a privilege to get to know and heal oneself, yet something I do believe all people deserve to access, one way or another. Time to destigmatize this beautiful, human process! https://artisanclinical.com/an-open-letter-from-a-therapi/

Got anxiety? This team at Stanford is studying men with anxiety and new therapies to increase relaxation. It's paid! https://supost.com/post/index/129877536

Very insightful opinion piece arguing for a new model of mental illness: mental injury. The concept that psychological disorders from disordered eating to depression to anxiety stem from painful events rings true to me from my clinical experience. It doesn't take a capital-T trauma to cause these types of changes; especially when we're very young, the stakes are high enough in everyday life that even apparently minor events can leave their mark. I'm excited to see this model... gain recognition in the field and more broadly. It's shining a light on the way healing works--just as we wouldn't simply prescribe a pill for a broken arm or a scraped knee, we need more than pills to fix our psychological injuries. https://www.madinamerica.com///psychological-injury-model/