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The Wise Mind Institute

The Wise Mind Institute is a treatment and training center dedicated to mental health care.

01/27/2026

🌱Being human is rarely simple, especially in moments like this.🌱 You can be thoughtful and overwhelmed, capable and unsure, steady and struggling.

Wise Mind Institute offers exceptional therapy for people with complex inner lives—work that honors depth, complexity, and the many parts that make you who you are.

Feeling ready to dive in? 🤍

Learn more and schedule a free consultation, 🔗link in bio.🔗

01/23/2026

✨ DBT Skill in Focus: Opposite Action ✨

Opposite Action is a core DBT skill that helps us respond to intense emotions with intention rather than impulse.

It doesn’t ask us to deny what we’re feeling — it invites us to pause, name the emotion, and choose behavior that supports our long-term well-being.

This is especially powerful when emotions are loud and the urge feels convincing. Small, gentle opposite actions can slowly shift how we feel — and how connected we remain to ourselves and others.

You don’t have to do it perfectly. You just have to start.💛

Interested in starting DBT?

Learn more and schedule a free consultation — 🔗link in bio.🔗

01/21/2026

🌿 Therapist Spotlight: Pembe Ethem, PsyD 🌿

Pembe creates a warm, culturally attuned space where clients can show up as their full, authentic selves. Her work is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and a strength-based, attachment-informed lens. With extensive experience providing care within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, she has worked with clients navigating trauma, substance use, personality and mood disorders, and significant life stressors.

Drawing from CBT, ACT, Schema Therapy, Seeking Safety, and even humor, Pembe creates a space where clients can explore vulnerability, resilience, and what it means to live more authentically. She especially enjoys working with individuals (ages 15+) who are ready for growth, healing, and meaningful change.

Interested in working with one of our amazing clinicians? 🔗 Link in bio 🔗

01/14/2026

🪴Our therapy offices are intentionally designed to feel like home—not because the work is easy, but because it’s deeply human.🪴

When a space feels grounded and familiar, it can support slowing down, being present, and speaking more honestly. Each room is unique, intentionally designed by our clinicians to support meaningful therapeutic work.

Interested in joining us on one of our sofas? Schedule a free consultation with one of our clinicians. 🔗Link in bio🔗

01/09/2026

✨ What is your favorite DBT skill - Part 3! ✨
 New year, new batch of fave DBT skills! We asked our team to share the skills they love teaching and personally return to when life gets stressful — and here is what they said!

DBT skills— like DEAR MAN— offer practical, grounding tools for navigating real-life challenges with more clarity, compassion, and intention.

Swipe through to hear which DBT skills our clinicians are jazzed about and how they can help.

Interested in working with one of our therapists?

Learn more and schedule a free consultation — 🔗link in bio.🔗

01/06/2026

🌿 Therapist Spotlight: Sarah Easton, LCSW 🌿

Known for her warm and steady presence, Sarah creates a grounding and deeply relational space for her clients. With years of experience in community mental health and the Palo Alto VA, she supports adults navigating addiction, trauma, grief, spiritual development, and relationship challenges.

Integrating Jungian-influenced psychodynamic therapy, DBT, Hakomi, and mindfulness-based approaches, Sarah helps clients move beneath life stories into the felt experience of the present moment— where transformation becomes possible. She believes therapy is a courageous turning inward— an opportunity to access inner wisdom, build emotional resilience, and cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Interested in working with one of our rad clinicians? 🔗 Link in bio 🔗

12/18/2025

So many people with emotionally over-controlled tendencies move through the world holding their breath — staying composed, staying productive, staying “fine.”

RO-DBT helps us notice the ways we tighten, brace, and push through… even when what we really need is softness, rest, or support.

You’re allowed to exhale. You’re allowed to slow down. You’re allowed to be human.

If this resonates, our “Are You Over-Controlled?” quiz (link in bio) is a gentle place to start. 💛

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12/16/2025

✨ What is your favorite DBT skill - Part 2! ✨
 We asked our team to share the skills they love teaching and personally return to when life gets stressful — and here is more what they said!

DBT skills— like Dialectical Thinking— offer practical, grounding tools for navigating real-life challenges with more clarity, compassion, and intention.

Swipe through to hear which DBT skills our clinicians are passionate about and how they can help.💛

Interested in working with one of our therapists?

Learn more and schedule a free consultation — 🔗link in bio.🔗

12/12/2025

🌿 Therapist Spotlight: Clare Farrington, PsyD 🌿

Clare brings a curious, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach to her work with adults. With extensive training across community mental health and health psychology, she uses a CBT lens and tailors treatment to each client’s unique needs. She is passionate about supporting adults through major life transitions—including career shifts, relationship changes, and the journey into parenthood—with a strong focus on perinatal mental health. Clare believes meaningful change happens within a trusting therapeutic relationship and is honored to help clients build lives that feel more fulfilling and aligned with their values.

Interested in working with one of our rad clinicians? 🔗 Link in bio 🔗

12/10/2025

⚡Are you over-controlled? Take our quiz to find out...⚡ - https://mailchi.mp/thewisemindinstitute/december_25

12/04/2025

☀️Take the quiz! ☀️Have you ever wondered, “Am I too rigid? Too perfectionistic? Am I pushing others away… or just lonely?”
 Curious whether over-control might be shaping your relationships, emotions, or sense of connection?

This quiz is for you.

Our “Are You Over-Controlled?” quiz offers gentle, research-informed insight into these patterns through an RO-DBT lens.
 RO-DBT was created to help people with overcontrolled coping patterns build connection, flexibility, and enjoy their lives while being even more effective in achieving their valued goals.

🔗Head to the link in our bio to gain more clarity about your relationship with control by taking the quiz!🔗

12/01/2025

✨ What is your favorite DBT skill? ✨
 We asked our team to share the skills they love teaching and personally return to when life gets stressful — and here is what they said!

DBT skills like Radical Acceptance offer practical, grounding tools for navigating real-life challenges with more clarity, compassion, and intention.

Swipe through to see which DBT skills our clinicians are jazzed about and why they are so important. 💛

Interested in working with one of our therapists?

Learn more and schedule a free consultation — 🔗link in bio.🔗

Address

617 Veterans Boulevard
Redwood City, CA
94063

Telephone

+16505038179

Website

https://www.thewisemindinstitute.com/facebook

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