Therapy Collective of California

Therapy Collective of California Empowering growth through individualized therapy that fosters lasting change and self-discovery in a supportive space.

These questions are meant to be reusable. You can come back to them when you’re feeling stuck, when something is going w...
01/23/2026

These questions are meant to be reusable. You can come back to them when you’re feeling stuck, when something is going well, or when you notice yourself slipping into an old mode. The goal isn’t to answer them perfectly. It’s to notice what changes depending on the season you’re in and what stays the same.

If you want to use these in a simple way, pick one question and sit with it for five minutes. Write a few honest lines, even if they’re messy. Over time, you’ll start to see patterns, pressure points, and needs that are easy to miss when you’re moving quickly.

When something isn’t working, it’s tempting to focus on the latest moment or the most visible problem. But in therapy, w...
01/20/2026

When something isn’t working, it’s tempting to focus on the latest moment or the most visible problem. But in therapy, we usually slow down and look for what’s repeating instead. The pattern tends to tell you more than any single incident.

Patterns aren’t flaws. They’re strategies that made sense at some point and stuck around. Once you can see them clearly, you have more room to decide what still fits and what doesn’t.

This Comes Up a Lot — a series on the questions and patterns we hear again and again.Embarrassment in therapy often show...
01/14/2026

This Comes Up a Lot — a series on the questions and patterns we hear again and again.

Embarrassment in therapy often shows you the exact place you are growing past an old self-protection.

What do you usually do right after you feel that impulse to pull back?

After time with family, it can take a little while to feel like yourself again. You’ve been adjusting to other people fo...
01/08/2026

After time with family, it can take a little while to feel like yourself again. You’ve been adjusting to other people for days, even if the visit was mostly fine. Old habits show up quickly in family settings. You might keep the peace, stay “on,” or pay extra attention to how everyone else is doing, and it can stick around after you get home.

If you notice that you’re still in that mode, you don’t need to fix it immediately. Give yourself a day or two to settle back into your own rhythm. Do a couple normal things that feel like you, and let the rest come back slowly.

Closeness isn’t the same thing as access. You can love someone and still need a boundary. You can feel devoted and still...
01/05/2026

Closeness isn’t the same thing as access. You can love someone and still need a boundary. You can feel devoted and still need room to breathe. If those needs have ever been treated as contradictory, it makes sense that you’d default to either merging or disappearing. But intimacy can include distance. The goal isn’t choosing one, it’s building a relationship spacious enough to hold both.

Happy New Year!As 2026 begins, we’re reminded that real change isn’t tied to a date. It comes from the work you do with ...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

As 2026 begins, we’re reminded that real change isn’t tied to a date. It comes from the work you do with yourself and in your relationships.

Thank you for trusting us with that work. We’re honored to continue it with you in the year ahead.

Resolutions are often conversations we have with an imagined version of ourselves. We hope that a new year will help us ...
12/29/2025

Resolutions are often conversations we have with an imagined version of ourselves. We hope that a new year will help us move past old patterns, regulate differently, or finally become someone we can feel at ease with. The date can start to feel like a promise that things will shift simply because it arrived.

From a therapeutic perspective, it’s more useful to ask what a resolution is doing for you. Is it trying to manage shame, calm anxiety, restore a sense of control, or reassure you that change is possible? Until that function is understood, the specifics of the goal are less important than the role it’s playing.

Change tends to hold when it’s grounded in reality: your actual capacity, your nervous system, your relationships, and the context you live in.

When you look at a piece of art, you’re not just taking in the image. You’re filling in gaps, creating meaning, projecti...
12/22/2025

When you look at a piece of art, you’re not just taking in the image. You’re filling in gaps, creating meaning, projecting feelings, and recreating scenes that matter to you, often without realizing it.

What you imagine says something about your internal world:
your hopes, fears, history, and the stories you carry into every relationship.

Art doesn’t ask you to relax.
It asks you to notice what comes alive inside you when you’re given a moment of stillness.

Artwork: Claude Monet, Train in the Countryside (1870).

This Comes Up a Lot — a series on the questions and patterns we hear again and again.If you notice yourself getting irri...
12/18/2025

This Comes Up a Lot — a series on the questions and patterns we hear again and again.

If you notice yourself getting irritated with your therapist, pause before deciding it’s “bad.” Annoyance can be a doorway into what you needed and didn’t get in past relationships. Naming it together is often part of the work, not a disruption of it.

Around family, it can feel like there’s only one acceptable setting: everyone upbeat, engaged, “on.”Old roles make this ...
12/13/2025

Around family, it can feel like there’s only one acceptable setting: everyone upbeat, engaged, “on.”

Old roles make this stronger. Maybe you’re the one who smooths conflict, keeps conversation going, or matches whoever is the loudest in the room. After a while, it can start to feel less like connection and more like performance.

You’re allowed to relate to your family at your own pace.
You can be present without being “on,” listen without jumping in, step outside when you’re overwhelmed, or stay softer even if everyone else is turned up.

Not matching the energy in the room doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful or distant. It can simply mean you’re noticing your limits and choosing not to abandon yourself to keep the peace.

That quick “I’m fine” can be a leftover survival strategy. The work isn’t to get rid of it, but to recognize it, and to ...
12/05/2025

That quick “I’m fine” can be a leftover survival strategy. The work isn’t to get rid of it, but to recognize it, and to gently choose honesty when you’re ready. You can circle back.
You can ask for help. Nothing in you is too late.

When a day carries this much meaning, the impulse is often to simplify it — to decide what it should feel like, or how y...
11/27/2025

When a day carries this much meaning, the impulse is often to simplify it — to decide what it should feel like, or how you are supposed to feel about it.

It doesn’t need to be one thing. You can let it feel complex without trying to make sense of every part.

If there’s connection available, reach for it. If you need quiet, honor that too.

You don’t have to resolve the day to be present for it.

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Beverly Hills, CA
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