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Brighter Thinking Therapy

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Brighter Thinking Therapy

Provide telehealth therapeutic services to anxious minds and moms residing in California.

LGBTQIA+ friendly & practice cultural sensitivity and acceptance to all races, ethnicities, and religions

12/15/2025

GIVEAWAY 🌮🧠✨

Consider this a gentle nervous system intervention. I’m giving away a copy of my Tacos & Therapy Cozy Coloring Book, created to support regulation, self soothing, and moments of calm when your brain won’t slow down.

This isn’t about being productive or doing it “right.” It’s about giving your body something grounding, repetitive, and safe a small pause that actually helps.

To enter:
🌮 Follow
🧠 Like this post
✨ Tag a friend: each tag counts as an entry

✨ Bonus entry if you share this to your story and tag me

Winner announced 12/19 🎉 Open to U.S. residents only.

Good luck 🖍️🌮🛋️💕

09/09/2025

Motherhood has a way of pulling every piece of you outward your time, your energy, your heart all stretched thin in service of the people you love most. And while you’re busy making sure everyone else is cared for, it’s easy to forget that you need mothering, too. 💖

Here’s the truth I remind my clients (and myself): the mother in you deserves rest, gentleness, and grace. Not because you’ve “earned it” or finally checked everything off your list, but simply because you’re human.

✨ Rest without guilt
✨ Speak to yourself kindly
✨ Ask for support
✨ Celebrate the small wins

These aren’t luxuries. They’re lifelines.

High-achieving moms especially struggle with this …the voice that whispers:
👉 “If I slow down, I’m failing.”
👉 “If I need help, I’m weak.”
👉 “If I don’t do it all, I’m not enough.”

But that voice isn’t truth, it’s anxiety talking. Healing means softening that voice and replacing it with:
💖 “I’m allowed to pause.”
💖 “I’m allowed to be supported.”
💖 “I’m already enough, right here, right now.”

Motherhood isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to be lived. And when you care for the mother in you, you create space for joy, connection, and calm in your family, too.

So this week, give yourself permission to mother yourself: take the nap, ask for the hand, speak with compassion, notice the wins.

✨ Save this post for the days you forget the mother in you deserves care, too.

09/08/2025

therapist confessions: I love every single one 😂 which one’s your vibe? 💕🍵🌮🪴

05/29/2025

Noticed a few new faces around here..so 👋, I’m Selene Burley, LMFT.
Therapist 💻 | Cycle breaker ✨ | Mom of 2 🧃🧃 | Taco enthusiast 🌮

If you’re new here, welcome to a space where mental health meets real life..with a side of tacos and truth. I help high achieving women and overwhelmed moms navigate anxiety, burnout, and those “I’m fine” days that aren’t really fine. 🫠

My therapy style?
Warm. Direct. Supportive without the fluff.
EMDR + solution-focused work for women who want more than just venting.

On this page, you’ll find:
🧠 Therapy tools that actually help
🍼 Real talk for anxious moms
🌮 Occasional taco-fueled coping strategies
💬 And reminders you’re not alone

✨ I offer virtual therapy for California residents—focused on anxiety, motherhood, and breaking cycles with compassion.

If you’re feeling like “I can’t keep doing it like this”… you’re in the right place. 🩷
DM me to connect or tap the link in bio to book a free intro call!

Let’s make healing feel less intimidating and more like finally being understood. 🤝

05/07/2025

Maternal Mental Health Day is a reminder that we’re allowed to talk about the hard stuff.

The identity shifts.
The intrusive thoughts.
The anxiety that doesn’t just “go away.”
The pressure to be grateful and silently drowning at the same time.

If motherhood has felt heavier than you expected, you’re not alone.
You’re not doing it wrong.
You’re just carrying more than anyone sees.

Therapy isn’t about being “broken” it’s about getting support for a nervous system that’s been in survival mode for way too long.

You deserve to feel like yourself again (or meet her for the first time).

If this hit home, leave a heart or share it with a mama who might need to hear it too. 💕

04/01/2025

Recently, shared she might not want to become a mom—after watching friends navigate the highs and lows of motherhood. And while her statement was honest and personal, it stirred a bigger question:
Why do we, as women, sometimes feel threatened by someone else’s different choice?

The truth is—your path doesn’t have to look like mine for us to support each other.
Motherhood can be sacred. So can choosing not to have kids. One doesn’t invalidate the other. Both deserve respect.

As a therapist, I see this tension come up all the time:
“I feel judged for loving motherhood.”
“I feel misunderstood for not wanting it.”
“I feel like I have to explain myself either way.”

What would it look like if we stopped putting each other in boxes and started just… listening?

Whether you’re a mom, not sure yet, or 100% childfree—your story is yours to write.

Let’s hold space for that.

Have you ever felt judged or misunderstood because of your choice around motherhood (or the uncertainty around it)?
Drop a heart, a thought, or your story below—I’d love to hear it.

03/27/2025

Let’s be real therapy isn’t just for when everything hits the fan. It’s for the high-functioning, anxious overthinkers. The moms carrying invisible loads. The ones who look like they have it all together but feel like they’re barely holding on inside.

Therapy is for the “strong friend,” the perfectionist, the people-pleaser who’s tired of saying “yes” when she really means “I’m overwhelmed.” It’s for the ones who are done living on autopilot and are ready to feel more grounded, more connected, more you.

Maybe you’re unlearning patterns from childhood, healing postpartum anxiety, or just trying to make space for your own needs in a world that constantly demands more. You don’t need to wait for a breakdown to ask for support.

You’re allowed to want more ease, more peace, more boundaries, more rest.

Therapy can help with that.

I’m currently accepting new California clients for virtual sessions. If you’ve been thinking about starting, take this as your sign. Book a free consultation in link.

You don’t have to do it alone.

03/25/2025

Ever feel like you’re running on empty, but somehow, you’re still expected to keep everything together? Yeah, same. They say, “You can’t pour from an empty cup,” but what they don’t say is that sometimes, that cup needs to be refilled with tacos. 🌮✨

Because let’s be real—burnout isn’t just about doing too much. It’s about constantly giving without getting the time or space to recharge. And for a lot of us (moms, high-achievers, humans just trying to function), that “recharge” is usually the first thing to go. 🤪

So, consider this your reminder: You deserve to refill your cup (or your taco plate). Rest is productive. Saying no is self-care. And sometimes, the most therapeutic thing you can do is sit down, take a breath, and enjoy something that brings you joy—like a really good taco. 🌮

What’s something small that helps you reset when life gets overwhelming? (And yes, tacos count.) Drop it in the comments. 👇

03/20/2025

Spring cleaning… but for your mind. 💕

There’s something about the first day of spring that makes everything feel a little lighter. The sun sticks around longer, the air feels fresher, and suddenly, the idea of starting over doesn’t seem so impossible.🌼

If winter felt heavy, overwhelming, or just a lot, this is your reminder that you don’t have to carry it all into this next season. Spring cleaning isn’t just for your closet—it’s for your thoughts, your habits, and all the emotional clutter that’s been piling up.😖

Maybe that looks like:
🌿 Letting go of the guilt that’s been weighing you down
🌿 Setting boundaries with people (or habits) that drain you
🌿 Choosing rest without feeling like you have to “earn” it
🌿 Doing something small every day just because it makes you happy

You don’t have to bloom overnight. You don’t have to have it all figured out. But you can give yourself permission to start fresh.

What’s one thing you’re letting go of this spring? Or one thing you’re making space for? Drop it 👇 I’d love to hear.

03/14/2025

Anxiety has a way of pulling us into worst-case scenarios, endless what-ifs, and a mental to-do list that never seems to end. 😵‍💫 One moment you’re just trying to get through the day, and the next, your brain is spiraling into ‘what if everything goes wrong?’ territory.

When that happens, instead of fighting your thoughts, try gently guiding them with the right questions. 💭✨

✔️ Am I expecting myself to handle this perfectly, or just as best as I can today?
✔️ Is this a fact, or is my anxiety telling me a story?
✔️ Have I eaten, had water, or taken a deep breath today?

Sometimes, the best way to calm anxiety isn’t to force it away but to slow down and check in with yourself. Your mind doesn’t need to ‘fix’ everything right now—it just needs a moment to reset.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed today, pause, take a deep breath, and pick one of these questions to ask yourself. 🤍 Which one resonates with you the most? Let me know in the comments or save this for when you need it. 💛🩷🌮🛋️

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73550 Alessandro Drive Suite 200
Palm Desert, CA
92260

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm

Website

https://www.brighterthinkingtherapy.com/

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