Therapy on Fig

We believe therapy should be highly tailored to you. It’s our job to stay curious, open, and compassionate.

Our approach is trauma informed, culturally inclusive, and identity affirming.

04/20/2026

Many people are familiar with the experience of replaying conversations after they happen, wondering what they said, how it was received, or if something was missed.

In this week’s blog, Gabriella explores how this pattern shows up for highly masked autistic women and how it is often misunderstood. What is commonly labeled as overthinking or anxiety is often a form of internal sense-making, a system working to create clarity and maintain connection.

The blog offers a compassionate reframe, highlighting how these patterns develop as protective strategies and inviting a more curious and understanding approach to working with them.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

04/13/2026

Many people are searching for deeper connection yet feel unsure where or how to find it.

In this week’s blog, Rachel reflects on the ways we’ve been taught to think about relationships, and how those beliefs can sometimes limit our experience of belonging. From the idea that relationships should happen effortlessly to the pressure for one person to meet all our needs, these expectations can leave us feeling disconnected or discouraged.

The blog invites a more flexible and compassionate approach to connection, one that allows for different types of relationships, communities, and ways of belonging.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

04/06/2026

Many people deeply value their relationships, but also find themselves feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or shut down within them.

In this week’s blog, Janelle explores how relational trauma can shape these experiences. Often, our reactions in present-day relationships are rooted in past experiences of mis-attunement, inconsistency, or unmet needs.

The blog introduces EMDR therapy as a way to support healing by helping the nervous system safely process and integrate these experiences. As this work unfolds, many people begin to notice more space between trigger and response, allowing for greater regulation and connection.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

04/01/2026

join us for upcoming nature therapy gatherings, with forest bathing meditations and mindfulness exercises led by psychotherapist and nature therapy guide, marina mendes ♥︎

these afternoons will open with gentle breathwork, somatic release, and guided meditation to soften into attuned connection with self, one another, and the land. together, we’ll listen to what our bodies and the earth around us have to say, and honor the present moment just as it is.

a series of nature therapy exercises will invite participants into deeper connection with the land, each invitation followed by a round of group sharing.

our afternoons will close with sound healing, tea, and opportunity for more casual community connection.

this is a space to simply be ~ to honor what is, to remember what it feels like to slow down, to gather with likeminded community, and to let the present moment be enough.

each session will feature different invitations, so feel free to come to one or come to all, knowing that each will be its own experience :)

⊹ $33/session
⊹ exact location provided after sign up
⊹ guests are asked to bring a blanket or yoga mat to lay on
⊹ email marina@therapyonfig.com and we’ll send a link to sign up!
⊹ if cost is a barrier, please message me so we can make something work ✨

hope to see you there 🫶🏼

03/30/2026

Many people are carrying a quiet sense of overwhelm right now, holding both the weight of what they’re feeling and the pressure to keep going.

In this week’s blog, Emily reflects on how ritual can offer support in these moments. In a culture that often encourages us to move forward quickly, rituals invite us to slow down and tend to what we’re carrying in a more intentional and embodied way.

Through simple, repeatable practices, we can begin to process grief, connect with ourselves, and create moments of grounding and meaning in our everyday lives.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

03/23/2026

Many of us move through life with a strong sense of identity. It helps us understand who we are, what we value, and how we belong.

But sometimes those same identities can start to feel limiting.

In this week’s blog, Michael explores how identifying too closely with certain roles or beliefs about ourselves can keep us feeling stuck, especially when life begins to shift in ways that no longer align with that identity.

Rather than viewing identity as fixed, the blog invites a more flexible and compassionate perspective through Internal Family Systems. We are not just one thing. We are made up of many parts, and healing can begin when we get curious about those parts instead of defining ourselves by a single story.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

03/16/2026

Have you ever felt like therapy ends just as you are getting to the deeper layers of what you want to explore?

In this week’s blog, Marina shares how IFS Intensive Sessions can create more space for meaningful inner work. Internal Family Systems therapy focuses on building compassionate relationships with the parts of ourselves that protect us, carry wounds, and hold the potential for healing.

These intensives take place outdoors in nature and integrate somatic practices, mindfulness, and breath-work to support nervous system regulation and deeper self connection.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

03/09/2026

For many people who grew up in religious communities, questioning faith can feel like standing at a crossroads.

This week’s blog, written by Grace, explores the idea of religious decolonization. Rather than framing the journey as a choice between keeping faith or abandoning it entirely, religious decolonization invites a more nuanced process.

It asks what it might look like to untangle colonial or oppressive theology while still honoring the cultural, familial, and spiritual relationships that remain meaningful.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15-minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

03/02/2026

Many highly masked autistic women are labeled anxious without anyone recognizing the deeper context. This week’s blog, written by Gabriella, explores how anxiety can develop as a product of sustained masking, vigilance, and social translation.

When anxiety persists despite insight and coping skills, it may not be a failure. It may be a nervous system responding accurately to ongoing demands.

The blog offers a neurodivergent affirming reframe that restores dignity to the adaptations that once ensured safety and belonging.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

02/23/2026

Many late diagnosed neurodivergent adults describe a mix of validation and grief when they finally understand how their nervous system works.

In this week’s blog, Rachel shares practical energy pacing tools such as Spoon Theory, the Window of Tolerance, the Solve It Grid, and the Emotional Health Ladder. These frameworks can help you recognize limits, prevent burnout, and manage energy more sustainably.

Your nervous system is not broken. It may simply need different supports than the ones you were taught to use.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

02/18/2026

When one partner is estranged from their family, it impacts both people in the relationship.

This week’s blog, written by Janelle, explores how familial estrangement activates attachment wounds for both partners. One may be grieving family loss, while the other feels unsure how to show up without losing themselves.

The blog offers practical guidance for reconnecting, including differentiating support from fixing, naming parallel pain, and making room for both partners’ emotional realities. Support should not require self erasure.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

02/09/2026

Many of us are grieving more than we realize. Loss can come through death, but also through relationships, health, culture, community, or a sense of identity that has been irrevocably changed.

In this week’s blog, Emily reflects on grief as a complex and deeply meaningful experience, one that often lacks space in our social world. She explores how therapy can offer a supportive container to honor grief, explore connection with those who have passed, and gently make meaning of endings that shape our lives.

Read the full blog or schedule a free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

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