REAL Therapy PLLC

10/22/2024

So grateful to be able to do face-to-face visits in Black Mountain.

Real therapy for real people with real problems about real things that really matter.

Do you like in-person therapy visits?

10/15/2024

Help!
Sober October needs a new home at noon daily.

10/14/2024

SOBER OCTOBER IS ON AT NOON AT MONTE VISTA HOTEL GAZEBO

10/14/2024

Sober October is on at NOON at the M***a Vista Hotel gazebo. This happens daily in October. See you there!

10/14/2024

I’m in a FEMA line this morning and I’m hoping to get back in time for our SOBER OCTOBER gathering at NOON at The Monte Vista Hotel.
It’s not looking good.

10/13/2024

Sober October is a daily event this year in person at the Monte Vista Hotel in the gazebo in Black Mountain. It’s free, it’s for those in recovery or “sober-curious,” and for those who love them. It complements 12 step, and it is entirely different at the same time.

10/12/2024

Sober October is a daily event this year in person at the Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain. It’s free, it’s for those in recovery or “sober-curious,” and for those who love them. It complements 12 step, and it is entirely different at the same time.

10/11/2024

SOBER OCTOBER TODAY AT MONTE VISTA AT NOON. Only runs about 30 to 45 minutes depending on how many people are there.

08/18/2024

https://www.realtherapy.me/blog/navigating-parental-anxiety-about-school

08/08/2024

We are only here for a moment. Make every second real...

08/08/2024

Make every second real.

We are only here for a moment. Make every second real...

08/01/2024

www.realtherapy.me/blog/two-tips-for-anxiety

Understanding what is important to you and why it matters provides a sense of direction, reduces mental clutter, and helps set healthy boundaries, all of which are essential in managing and reducing anxiety.

07/16/2024

Today's the day! Hope to see some of you here, and great to know that those who can't be here are cheering me on. :)

05/18/2024

Unpopular opinion:

As a therapist, I am more interested in being present with the client than taking notes. I do not feel comfortable with AI doing note-taking, even with client permission.

I have a suspicion that these "clinical notetaking AI" apps are somehow finding a way to do therapy via some chatbot. Knowing what I know about community mental health, those who can't pay and/or are funded by Medicaid and/or Medicare will most likely be offered AI therapy because it is cheaper.

But there is a more systemic issue here. The issue of tech and smartphones, for starters. Smartphones aren't cheap. And the elderly sometimes don't have these, and don't trust these (and not due to "trust issues"), and not to mention, trying to read and/or type or speak-to-text on these things is horrific (autocorrect is useless). And then there is AI "trying" to help, only to make this whole thing worse.

AI will never know the depth of humanity; the power of moment-to-moment, second-to-second interaction is far too great. There is the notion of nuance, as well as attitudes, worldviews, glances, tonality, and other things. It is in these things where meaningful communication is happening, and where soulful and transformational connections are made.

But the indigent and/or elderly are simply not worth experiencing as a real, living, breathing human. None of us are, evidently, when we consider the phone trees of insurance, and other industries. Where humans are "resources," sometimes it feels easier to say we are "introverts" than to deal with people who just either can't or won't have deep and meaningful conversations.

04/07/2024

Clients having gotten better means that I have room in my schedule. I specialize in working with anxious/depressed people and people with sleeping problems.