Taproot Therapy Collective

12/19/2025

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER: Therapy Edition 👾🧠
​If going to therapy was a JRPG, who are you adding to your party? I turned famous psychological theories and modern modalities into pixel art heroes. Each comes with a unique skill tree to help you level up your mental health.
​Swipe to view the Roster:
​1️⃣ Sigmund Freud (The Classic): Comes equipped with the Id, Ego, and Superego.
​Special Move: Dream Analysis. Unlocks hidden backstory trauma.
​2️⃣ Carl Jung (The Mystic): Master of the unconscious and shadow work.
​Special Move: Integration. Merges the conscious and unconscious self.
​3️⃣ Carl Rogers (The Healer): The ultimate support character.
​Special Move: Unconditional Positive Regard. Heals emotional damage through pure empathy.
​4️⃣ Dr. David Grand (The Precisionist): Representing Brainspotting.
​Special Move: The Pointer. Locates the exact spot in the brain where trauma is stored.
​5️⃣ Peggy Pace (The Time Traveler): Creator of Lifespan Integration.
​Special Move: Timeline Repair. Connects the child self to the adult self for total healing.
​6️⃣ Polyvagal Theory: Understanding the body's nervous system response.
​Special Move: Vagus Nerve Reset. Shifts you from "Fight or Flight" to "Rest and Digest."
​7️⃣ Teletherapy Snake: For when the mission is mental health... but you’re in Alabama.
​Special Move: Encrypted Connection. Therapy accessible from anywhere on the map.
​Also featuring Alfred Adler bringing the balance and Dr. Steven Vazquez transforming emotions with light.
​👇 PRESS START: Which modality is your "main"? Tell me in the comments!

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11/24/2025

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The DOE reclassified social work degrees as non-professional which threatens Alabama mental healthcare access, professional liability insurance, credentialing, and the private practice model that emerged from 1980s reforms. This comprehensive analysis examines immediate and long-term implications fo...

11/19/2025

09/12/2025

AI doesn’t care about your healing. A real therapist does.

Did you know Silicon Valley companies are sketchy with your mental health? For example, BetterHelp was caught selling sensitive patient data to Facebook so they could target ads based on what you told your therapist. That’s not care, that’s exploitation.

Read the full story on our blog → gettherapybirmingham.com/blog
Because your healing deserves better than algorithms.

08/29/2025

✨ "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." - Carl Jung

Jung revolutionized psychology by seeing our struggles not as disorders to suppress, but as messages from the soul seeking integration.

Where traditional approaches pathologize symptoms, Jung saw them as fragments of our psyche crying out for attention and healing. That anxiety? Your soul asking you to slow down. That depression? Perhaps a call to honor what you've lost. Those recurring dreams? Your unconscious trying to guide you toward wholeness.

Jung developed his revolutionary approach not from textbooks, but from his own dark night of the soul - his "Red Book" period where he descended into his unconscious and emerged with a map for psychological healing.

He understood that we don't need to be "fixed" - we need to be made whole. Our symptoms aren't enemies to defeat, but allies pointing us toward parts of ourselves that need love and integration.

This is the difference between healing and managing. Between becoming who you truly are and merely functioning.

Your struggles are not pathology. They are your soul's way of calling you home to yourself. 🌱

08/19/2025

Join Joel Blackstock for an extraordinary conversation with Dr. Steven Vazquez, the inventor of Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT), as he reveals the 25-year scientific journey that led to one of the most innovative breakthroughs in trauma treatment. From skeptical experimentation to treating ca...

08/16/2025

https://mjdenis.com/whoismjdenis Join Joel Blackstock as he sits down with MJ Denis, LPC, LMFT, and certified ETT trainer from Austin, Texas, for an eye-opening conversation about Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT) - a groundbreaking approach that integrates light, color, and neuroscience to tra...

08/04/2025

In this eye-opening episode of the Discover Heal Grow podcast, host Joel Blackstock sits down with healthcare policy expert Timothy Faust to demystify America's complex healthcare system. They explore how Medicaid expansion actually saves states money, why cutting healthcare funding costs more in th...

07/31/2025

It's been 4 years since the last time we took this picture. I had a meeting with Ian Henyon of Longleaf Wellness, formerly Birmingham recovery center, to get updates on what they do. They've grown and we've grown. check out some of their offerings at LongLeafCenters.com.

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07/30/2025

From Novelist to Master Swordsmith: In this captivating episode of Chap Therapy Collective: Discover Here, Grow, host Joel Blackstock welcomes Walter Sorrells, a master bladesmith whose extraordinary journey from bestselling mystery novelist to renowned Japanese sword maker offers profound insights....

07/10/2025

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07/02/2025

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