The Stable Mind-Psychiatric Care by Dallas Acker

01/25/2026

To The Stable Mind Client’s—

I wanted to share a brief update with The Stable Mind community. I wanted to share the news that I am currently pregnant! While this is exciting and I am so grateful, unfortunately, this pregnancy has been very medically challenging. I’ve been quite ill, including multiple hospitalizations, with the likelihood of needing additional hospitalizations as I continue navigating this.

I’m taking things day by day and prioritizing my health, as I truly have to right now. Because of this, some appointments may need to be rescheduled or, at times, canceled on short notice, as hospitalizations can occur unexpectedly based on labs and medical needs. I sincerely appreciate your patience and grace during this time.

Thank you all for the continued support and understanding. I also kindly ask for privacy as I move through this season. If you need anything in the meantime—such as medication refills or non-urgent questions—please continue to reach out through Spruce, and I will respond as I’m able.

I’m very grateful for each of you and your flexibility as I navigate this.

Here’s to a new and exciting chapter and can’t wait to be back to 100% to see and care for all of you!

-Dallas

12/17/2025

💛 Grateful & Full 💛

I am beyond thankful for the incredible growth and support The Stable Mind Clinic has experienced. It truly means more than I can put into words.

That said, my books are currently full (and then some), and I am not able to take on new clients at this time. This pause allows me to protect the quality of care I provide and ensure I’m showing up fully for my current clients.

Thank you so much for the trust, referrals, and understanding. I don’t take any of it lightly.

I will be returning on January 6th. While I am out, I will not be able to answer messages or requests so please reach out before I leave on the 19th with any refill requests or needs.

I hope everyone has a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!

-Dallas

12/15/2025

🎄 Holiday Office Closure Reminder 🎄

I will be out of the office starting December 20th and will return on January 6th. During this time, I will not be responding to messages or calls and will not be holding visits.

Please be sure to submit any refill requests as soon as possible so I can take care of them before I’m out.

I’ll be spending this time with my family and my child during my time off and want to be fully present for them as they often ge the “leftovers” of me.

I am incredibly grateful for all of your trust and support this year. Thank you for allowing me to continue doing this work — I truly appreciate each of you and look forward to continuing our work together in the new year 🤍

Wishing you all a peaceful and restorative holiday season.

-Dallas

12/10/2025

🎄✨ The Holidays Are Officially Here… and Honestly? They’re Bi-Magical. ✨🎄
(Like magical… but also magical in the “how do I already have three new gray hairs and it’s only December 10th” kind of way.)

Let’s be real:
This season is 50% twinkle lights, hot cocoa, and Hallmark-movie vibes…
…and 50% “WHY IS THIS TOY SOLD OUT IN ALL 47 STORES WITHIN A 300-MILE RADIUS?!?!”
It’s giving Merry & Mentally Hanging On By A Thread.

Some of you are out here:
✨ Baking cookies from scratch
✨ Wrapping gifts in matching paper
✨ Attending 19 festive events
✨ Smiling like you didn’t just threaten your tree with divorce

Meanwhile the rest of us are:
🎅 Eating our kid’s advent calendar chocolate
🦌 Bribing toddlers with candy canes
🎁 Hiding unwrapped gifts in the trunk since November
🌟 Whisper-screaming “THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN” into a decorative throw pillow

So let’s have some fun with it—

👇 Drop your most unhinged holiday survival hack in the comments.
What’s keeping you sane?
What’s your festive moral support strategy?
What’s your “if this works, don’t question it” Christmas trick?

We’re all just trying to keep the magic alive… and keep ourselves from Hulk-smashing the Elf on the Shelf.

🎁 P.S. Stay tuned… a Christmas giveaway is coming!

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12/04/2025

📱 Why You Feel Overwhelmed (and Why It’s Not Just You)

Emails, Teams, Zoom, texts, phone calls, social media notifications… all at once. Sound familiar? Welcome to modern life—where people expect answers yesterday, and your attention is basically rented 24/7.

Here’s the truth: this is not how life is supposed to feel.
• Humans weren’t built to be constantly “on.”
• Feeling frazzled, scattered, or stressed by constant accessibility is a normal, healthy response.

Simple Ways to Reclaim Your Brain & Calm the Chaos:
• Set boundaries: Silence notifications outside work hours. Your inbox doesn’t need instant gratification.
• Batch communication: Check messages 2–3 times a day instead of every 5 minutes.
• Step away physically: Take a 10-minute walk, make tea, or just leave your phone on a counter—your brain will thank you.
• Redefine “available”: Not everyone deserves access to you at all times. Protect your attention like gold.

✨ Your overwhelm isn’t weakness. It’s your body and mind saying: I need space. Honor that.

It is the only way to keep sane…because your prefrontal cortex didn’t sign up for nonstop chaos 😬

Pictured credit to Simply Psychology. I do not own the rights!

12/03/2025

🌟 HUGE, WONDERFUL, AND LONG AWAITED NEWS from The Stable Mind Clinic, PLLC! 🌟

Okay friends…
I have an announcement that my coffee, my sanity, and my rapidly appearing gray hairs are ALL celebrating. 😂

The Stable Mind Clinic has been growing in the BEST way — so many amazing humans reaching out, scheduling, asking great questions, getting support…
And I’ve been over here like:
“Wow, business is booming… BUTTTTT so is my blood pressure.” 🙃💙

So guess what?
✨ I HIRED HELP. REAL HELP. HUMAN HELP. THE BEST KIND OF HELP. ✨

Please give a massive welcome to…
🥁 KIM WILCOX! 🥁
(Yes, that Kim.
Yes, my mother.
Yes, she’s officially leveled up to Clinic Hero Status.)

Kim will be jumping in part-time to:
📞 Answer calls
💬 Help with messages
📝 Set up new accounts
😇 Keep me from accidentally living in my inbox forever

Don’t worry — anything medication-related or clinical will still come to me.
But everything else?
Kim’s got it handled. And trust me… there are very few things this woman can’t handle. If work ethic were an Olympic sport, she’d have gold medals. Plural. 🥇🥇

I am SO excited to work with her again.
Not only because I desperately needed backup,
but because there are very few people in this world who can outwork her, out-organize her, or out-mom her.

So please join me in welcoming Kim to the team!
Your girl can finally breathe again, and the clinic just got approximately 200% more efficient overnight. 😂💙

Welcome aboard, Mama!
The Stable Mind Clinic just got even more stable. 😉

11/27/2025

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from The Stable Mind Clinic family to yours! 🦃

As we head into the holiday, I just want to take a moment to say how deeply grateful I am for this year and for all of you.

This year has brought:
✨ The launch and growth of this practice
✨ The privilege of walking alongside you in your healing and growth
✨ Trusting relationships built through vulnerability, honesty, and hard work
✨ The support, referrals, shares, and kind words that have helped this little venture grow

To my clients – thank you for:
💛 Showing up for yourselves, even on the hard days
💛 Trusting me with your stories
💛 Allowing me to be part of your journey

Your courage and resilience are truly the heart of this practice, and I don’t take that for granted for a single second.

⸻

📅 Holiday Closure Reminder

The office will be closed for Thanksgiving and through the weekend so I can spend time with my family and recover from being terribly ill this week 🤒

🔕 This means:
• Phone calls, portal/secure messages, and scheduling requests will not be answered during this time.
• I will respond to non-urgent messages when the office reopens.

🚨 If you are in crisis or having an emergency during this time, please do not wait for a response from me.
Instead, please use one of the following:
• Call 911 for emergencies
• Call or text 988 for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
• Go to your nearest emergency room

⸻

Wishing you a warm, safe, and gentle Thanksgiving. 🧡
Thank you again for your trust and support this year — it means more than I can say

Can’t wait to continue this journey together

-Dallas ♥️

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11/23/2025

📣 Announcement 📣

I’ve come down with a pretty severe case of the flu and have quite literally been unable to get up all day today. 🥴🤒

Because of this, tomorrow evening’s appointments may need to be rescheduled depending on how I’m doing by morning/early afternoon. I will reach out to anyone affected individually as soon as I know what I’m realistically able to do.

Thank you all for your understanding and patience while I crawl back to the land of the living. 💀🫶 If you are having an urgent concern, please use your crisis resources, 988, 911, or your nearest ER/urgent care as appropriate.

11/20/2025

📢 Out of Office Notice & Holiday Reminder

Hi everyone!

I wanted to let you know that I will be out of the office starting tomorrow evening and unavailable over the weekend as I will be celebrating my child’s birthday. I will not be responding to messages, calls, or portal correspondence during that time.

👉 If you need anything urgent (refills, scheduling, questions, etc.), please reach out by tomorrow evening so I have time to address it before I’m offline.

⸻

🎄✨ Looking Ahead: Holiday Break

Please also be aware that the holidays are quickly approaching. I will be out of the office from December 19th through January 2nd (a full two weeks).

During this time:
• I will not be responding to calls, messages, or medication refill requests.
• There will be no appointments or administrative processing.

✅ To avoid any gaps in care, please submit all refill requests, appointment needs, and other requests as soon as possible so they can be handled before December 19th.

Thank you so much for your understanding and for helping me protect this time with my family.

— Dallas

11/19/2025

I want to share something important with all of you, from a place of care and honesty. 🌲

I always welcome (and am happy to receive) open and transparent communication, and I truly care about each person I work with. My goal has always been to make the world a warmer, better place and to support this community as much as I can.

That said, for my own mental health and to prevent burnout, I need to start more clearly enforcing boundaries in my practice.

I currently see over 200 patients in my private practice, and I also have a full-time job that must come first during daytime hours. I do my very best to be responsive, but I am one person caring for many, many people.

✨ Going forward:
• Please be understanding of safety and legality on changing medication entirely between appts. I cannot safely put you on something entirely different if we have not spoken. Please, if you have concerns, schedule an appointment so we can talk it through properly. Small tweaks to existing meds, that is different and can be addressed as safely as possible.

• I will not tolerate disrespectful or unkind communication. If messages become rude, demanding, or inappropriate, I will end the communication and refer you out. This is something I will not budge on. I have been mistreated long enough in the health care industry and will no longer tolerate any behaviors that are unkind towards me nor others I work with. Luckily, a majority I have dealt with in practice are respectful of this ❤️

• I will not accept being told what I “will” or “will not” do, or how quickly I must respond. I will respond as I am able, within reasonable clinical and legal standards.

I fully understand that many of you are going through very hard things—that’s why you’re in treatment, and I have a lot of compassion for that. Boundaries are not a punishment; they are what allow me to keep showing up, to stay present, kind, and effective for you and for the entire community.

If I do not uphold these boundaries, I will burn out—and then I won’t be able to be here for anyone. That is not what I want.

Thank you to everyone who continues to be respectful, patient, and kind. It truly makes a difference and helps me keep doing this work that I care so deeply about. 🌱

Side note:

Think of my boundaries as my “burnout prevention plan.” 🔥🚫

My superpowers include listening, validating, and prescribing when appropriate. 🦸‍♀️

Sadly, they do not include mind-reading, 24/7 availability, or functioning without boundaries.

The more you respect my boundaries and “superpowers”, the longer I get to stick around being slightly funny, very human, and actually helpful.

-Dallas
(and I’m not signing my name with a heart like usual today because I’m a little frazzled, a little crabby, and a little like “what in the actual..”happened today? 🤣 so no hearts until next time)

11/19/2025

For all the working moms out there who feel like they won’t survive this, but they do it day in and day out. Don’t stop being the badas*es that you are 💪

"I see you working moms.

Trying to work like you don’t have children. Trying to raise your children like you don’t work.

I know the guilt of loving what you do so much that you leave your children with other people everyday so you can go be that person you ARE and were before them. So you can feel like you make a difference not only to your family but to others as well.

I know that guilt when your children cry and say, 'I don’t want you to go to work mommy.'

I know that guilt when they are sick and you can’t be with them everyday of that illness, allowing another loved one to care for them instead.

The patient, repeated answering of the questions,' Are you going to stay home with your baby?' when you’re pregnant. The 'who is with the children?' when you return to work or mention that you have kids.

The worries of making sure you’re dedicating every non-working moment to your kids so that when they are older they can hopefully remember their parent who loved them AND worked for them. But a parent who also worked for others. To help others. Whatever it is that you do.

I see you. I know you. I am you.

I just want you to hear it from someone today that you are killing it! You are enough. You are loved by your family. And you, even if it’s for 5 minutes, need to drop that mom guilt and bask in the idea that you are doing exactly what you are supposed to, not only fulfilling your own wants and dreams, but also making impacts on others... even if it is showing your children what dedication, perseverance, work ethic, sacrifice and responsibility outside of the house looks like.

Because alllllll mamas show dedication, perseverance, work ethic, responsibility and sacrifice in their house, everyday!"

< Credit to ElizabethDryden >

11/16/2025

🚨 GIVEAWAY WINNER ALERT 🚨

You all showed up for this one – thank you for every like, share, and tag. 💕

Today’s lucky winners are…
👉 mckibben
culbertson
Thomas
Duttry
Peck

CONGRATS!!!

You just scored $100 prize!!! I’ll slide into your DMs to get you hooked up.

Didn’t win this round? I still appreciate you so much for being here. More goodies and giveaways coming. 🫶

I want to thank everyone for unwavering support this year!! I can’t put into words how grateful I am!