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It’s not attention-seeking. It’s safety-seeking. 💗When your nervous system has known uncertainty, inconsistency, or aban...
08/07/2025

It’s not attention-seeking. It’s safety-seeking. 💗

When your nervous system has known uncertainty, inconsistency, or abandonment, your mind learns to ask, “Am I still okay? Am I still loved?”

At Avena Psych, together, we can explore the roots of it—with gentleness and care—so you can begin to trust your inner steadiness, too. ✨

08/05/2025

Depression & anxiety can convince us of the cruelest things. ❤️‍🩹

But don't fear; Avena Psych clinician Ariana Chotkowski, LMHC is here to help with a few grounding techniques for when depression & anxiety rear their heads! ✨

You deserve it ❤️
08/03/2025

You deserve it ❤️

“I’ve always felt like I’m too much…”Too sensitive. Too emotional. Too intense. 💗But maybe—just maybe—you were never too...
08/01/2025

“I’ve always felt like I’m too much…”

Too sensitive. Too emotional. Too intense. 💗

But maybe—just maybe—you were never too much.

You were just in rooms that couldn’t hold you.

At Avena Psychology, we honor every part of you—the big feelings, the deep thoughts, the tender heart.✨

You don’t need to shrink to belong.

You just need spaces that can truly see you.

You are not too much. You are exactly enough.

Jealousy can shine a light on what matters to you: closeness, security, being seen.At Avena Psychology, we help you turn...
07/30/2025

Jealousy can shine a light on what matters to you: closeness, security, being seen.

At Avena Psychology, we help you turn jealousy into a doorway, not a disaster.

With honest conversation and gentle curiosity, it can bring partners closer—not tear them apart.✨

You are everything you think you are ❤️
07/28/2025

You are everything you think you are ❤️

You crave it deeply—and yet, when it comes, something inside you flinches. 💗Because receiving can feel vulnerable. Unsaf...
07/26/2025

You crave it deeply—and yet, when it comes, something inside you flinches. 💗

Because receiving can feel vulnerable. Unsafe. Unfamiliar.

At Avena Psychology, we explore those old wounds that taught you to do it all alone.

You’re not broken for struggling to receive— you’re protecting a part of you that’s still healing.✨

It’s safe to soften. You’re allowed to be held.

“Why can’t I just get it together?”Because you’re not lazy—you’re emotionally exhausted. 💗Carrying invisible weight, ove...
07/24/2025

“Why can’t I just get it together?”

Because you’re not lazy—you’re emotionally exhausted. 💗

Carrying invisible weight, overthinking, people-pleasing, holding it all in… it takes a toll.

At Avena Psychology, we see beyond the surface.

You’re not failing—you’re tired. And rest isn’t weakness.✨

You deserve gentleness, not judgment.

07/22/2025

The answers to your present problems might be in your past patterns. 👀

Listen to what Avena Psych clinician, Ariana Chotkowski, LMHC has to say about the power of the past ✨

You are all of these things and more ✨
07/20/2025

You are all of these things and more ✨

When the world gets quiet… your mind gets loud. That's because, with fewer distractions, your thoughts finally have spac...
07/18/2025

When the world gets quiet… your mind gets loud. That's because, with fewer distractions, your thoughts finally have space to speak. 💗

At Avena Psychology, we hold space for the late-night spirals and the fears that surface when the lights go out.

It’s not that you’re broken—it’s that your nervous system is still holding on tight.✨

You’re not alone. Even in the dark, there is care.

“I don’t feel like I’m getting better…”Healing doesn’t always look like light and breakthroughs.Sometimes it looks like ...
07/16/2025

“I don’t feel like I’m getting better…”

Healing doesn’t always look like light and breakthroughs.

Sometimes it looks like crying more, feeling heavier, needing rest. 💗

At Avena Psychology, we remind you: this is healing.

Setting boundaries. Feeling your feelings. Questioning old stories.✨

It’s messy. It’s real. And it means you’re growing.

Even if it doesn’t feel like progress—it is.

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