Carrie Fick Therapy

06/15/2025

Father’s Day can carry both love and loss, joy and longing. However it finds you today, your feelings are valid. Your story matters. You matter.

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05/28/2025

✨NEW BLOG POST: “The Bittersweet Beauty of Watching My Clients Heal” ✨

There’s something profoundly moving about witnessing someone step out of fear and into freedom. In this new post, I open up about the bittersweet beauty of being a therapist, what it’s like to walk alongside my clients through the darkest parts of their healing journeys, and then watch them blossom.

It’s raw, honest, and from the heart. Go check it out and let me know your thoughts, I’d love to hear how it lands for you. 💛 https://www.carrieficktherapy.com/post/the-bittersweet-beauty-of-watching-my-clients-heal

05/26/2025

“Emotional damage” isn’t just some internet joke. It’s the quiet kind of pain that shapes how we think, feel, and relate to the world. If you grew up feeling like you had to shrink yourself to survive, this one’s for you. Healing is possible. You don’t have to carry it forever.

05/12/2025

Germaphobe or Emetophobe? Let’s clear it up.

If you’re constantly avoiding germs, sick people, certain foods, or public spaces, not because you’re scared of germs themselves, but because you’re terrified of vomiting, you might not be a germaphobe at all.

You might actually have emetophobia: a deep, often misunderstood fear of throwing up (or seeing someone else vomit). And it can show up in so many sneaky ways, food rules, obsessive hand-washing, avoiding travel, or panicking when someone says they feel sick.

It can be exhausting. Isolating. All-consuming.

But you’re not weird, and you’re definitely not alone. There’s help. There’s healing. And it’s possible to feel safe in your body and your life again.

You don’t have to keep living in fear.
✨DM me with any question you might have!

05/07/2025

Did you know I work with teenagers too?

So many teens today are carrying heavy anxiety, fear, and pressure, often silently. Some are struggling with emetophobia, panic attacks, trauma, or just feeling so overwhelmed by life. And as a parent, watching your child go through that is heartbreaking.

This is where I come in.

My approach is gentle, compassionate, and never pushy or with exposure. I create a space where teens feel safe to talk (or not talk), to be themselves, and to begin letting go of what’s weighing them down. We work at their pace, with full respect for their boundaries.

Healing is possible. Peace is possible. And your teen doesn’t have to walk this road alone.

05/02/2025

Do you have a phobia, or know someone who does?
You’re definitely not alone.

Phobias are incredibly common, more than 1 in 10 people will experience a phobia at some point in their lives. That’s millions of people navigating daily life while managing intense fears that most others may not fully understand.

Whether it’s fear of vomiting (emetophobia), spiders, flying, needles, or something more unusual. Phobias are real, valid, and often deeply rooted in our nervous system’s survival responses.

The good news?
Phobias are treatable. You don’t have to “just live with it” or try to push through on your own. Compassionate, specialized approaches (like the ones I use in my therapy practice) can help you get to the root of the fear, and finally feel safe again.

Tell me, have you or someone you care about struggled with a phobia? Drop a comment or DM if you want to chat more about it.

05/01/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

And here’s the truth:
Mental health isn’t just about deep breaths and bubble baths.
It’s about fighting battles no one can see.
It’s about showing up when everything in you wants to disappear.
It’s about holding it together, or letting it fall apart, and still being worthy of love.

Healing isn’t pretty. It’s not linear.
It’s messy. It’s brave. It’s exhausting. It’s powerful.

You don’t need to be “better” to be valuable.
You don’t need to be “healed” to be loved.
You don’t need to have answers to matter.

This month, let’s stop pretending we’re fine when we’re not.
Let’s normalize the truth, that some days are hard, and some days are hopeful.

And both count.
Both are part of being human.

You are not broken. You are becoming.

04/28/2025

This last week has been a lot. Late nights at school plays, early mornings at tournaments, backpacks everywhere, and schedules that felt impossible to keep up with.

I’m tired. The kind of tired that settles into your bones and makes everything feel a little heavier.

And in those tough, rushed mornings, the questions sneak in:
Am I ever going to feel like enough? Am I ever going to catch up?

But then I see my kids’ faces, proud, lit up, just so happy I’m there, and it reminds me:

They don’t need perfect.
They just need me.
And in their eyes, I’m already enough.

If you’re feeling the weight too, please hear this:
It’s normal to doubt yourself. It’s normal to wonder if you’re doing enough.

Hang in there.
It always gets better.
You are doing more than you realize. And you are enough, exactly as you are.

04/22/2025

I didn’t lose it. I didn’t run. I stayed.
Even though everything in my body was screaming to escape.

That’s the part no one sees.
The part where your heart is pounding, your chest is tight, and your brain is spiraling, but you’re still packing school lunches, wiping noses, and holding your child’s hand when they say “my tummy hurts.”

When emetophobia lives in your house, every little cough or complaint feels like a threat.
You smile. You soothe. You act calm.
But inside?
It’s chaos.

This isn’t just anxiety. It’s a battle that plays out quietly, every day, inside the body of a mother who loves her children more than anything, while carrying a fear that’s hard to even explain.

If you’re living this too, I want you to know:
You are not broken.
You are not a bad mom.
You are not alone.

You are doing the impossible. And you’re doing it with so much courage.

I see you. I am you.
And I promise, there is healing. There is hope. And you are already braver than you think. Reach out if you need support, I am here and I get it!!

04/21/2025

It’s okay to pause.

You don’t have to push through everything.
You don’t have to pretend you’re fine when you’re not.
You don’t need all the answers to deserve rest.

You’re allowed to step back.
To breathe.
To not have it all figured out.

Mental health isn’t about always being okay.
It’s about learning to listen when you’re not.
That’s strength. That’s self-awareness. That’s healing.

Be gentle with yourself today. The pause is part of the progress.

04/18/2025

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be happy on purpose.

Not the kind of happy that happens when everything goes right. But the kind you choose, even when things are messy, loud, uncertain, or downright exhausting.

It’s waking up and deciding: I’m going to find something good in today, even if it’s small.
It’s choosing to laugh instead of snapping.
It’s letting go of the “perfect” version of life and leaning into the real one.
It’s noticing when your brain wants to spiral, and gently reminding it that peace is also an option.

Happiness isn’t something we stumble into. It’s something we practice.
And some days, it takes work. But wow, is it worth it.

So here’s your little reminder:
You’re allowed to be happy. Even in the middle of the chaos. Especially then.
Choose it. Make it. Claim it.

Happy on purpose. Every day you can.

04/17/2025

✨NEW BLOG POST✨
“Easter, Anxiety & the Great Jellybean Meltdown: A Holiday Survival Story” is live!

If you’ve ever: Tried to make a perfect holiday while silently melting down inside
- Wanted to scream into a pastel pillow
- Felt like you were the only one not living in a curated Instagram moment
- Needed a nap after “just” hosting brunch

…then this one’s for you. 💛

Let’s talk about the pressure to be everything for everyone, how social media has turned holiday joy into a performance, and why “good enough” might actually be perfect.

Because if your kids are happy, the eggs got (mostly) found, and nobody got salmonella, you did GREAT!

Click the link in bio to read. 💐

Let’s talk about Easter. That pastel-drenched, chocolate-filled, bunny-hopping holiday where we pretend everything is joyous and effortless, while silently melting down inside like a chocolate egg left in the sun.If you're an anxious person (hi, welcome to the club, we have snacks, but they’re d...