Inner Ascent Counseling LLC

Inner Ascent Counseling LLC On a mission to make women-focused therapy an unconditionally welcoming and down-to-earth experience.

An oldie but a goodie 😋
05/10/2025

An oldie but a goodie 😋

Assuming that therapy is about "bettering" yourself implies that you're not already good enough, or that you're somehow ...
04/28/2025

Assuming that therapy is about "bettering" yourself implies that you're not already good enough, or that you're somehow "less than", bad, or need to change for others.

But that's not what therapy is about.

Good therapy recognizes that there are valid reasons why your life is unfolding the way it is. These reasons have nothing to do with you as a person, but everything to do with how you've been treated, the stressors you've endured, cultural influences, oppression, significant traumas, etc.

All of these experiences ask your body to adapt in ways that aren't always easy or socially acceptable.

None of this makes you a lesser person or "not enough."

In fact, even the shame you feel about not being the "right" version of yourself is something therapy can help unravel.

I hope to help take at least some of that shame off your shoulders. 🫶🏻


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Disclaimer: The information shared here is for educational purposes only and isn’t a substitute for therapy, diagnosis, or treatment. This content doesn’t create a therapeutic relationship, and it’s not meant to be therapeutic advice. If you’re needing support, please reach out to a licensed mental health professional in your area.

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There's so many minute details in the process of therapy progress and unlearning pain, shame, and trauma. It's easy to ...
07/30/2024

There's so many minute details in the process of therapy progress and unlearning pain, shame, and trauma.

It's easy to miss these but a little zoom-in here and there may jump-start your brain into automatically noticing those wins.

What are your mini victories? 💪🏼

I know it's alluring to search out the quick fix or to yearn for a climatic moment of change. Who doesn't want to skip ...
07/18/2024

I know it's alluring to search out the quick fix or to yearn for a climatic moment of change. Who doesn't want to skip the "through" and just be out on the other side of things?

What really helps our brains and nervous system move along steadily is small forward movements. Things that don't attempt to shock it out of its current way of functioning (which for most can cause regression and increase of symptoms). The brain believes deeply that you need to live this way to survive.

It's normal that the change process might drag on and that you can't trust that it's going where you want it to go. Those factors aren't indications you are healing "wrong" or aren't healing at all.

Remember, even the tiniest bit of progress is a sign that your brain is making changes 💯

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07/17/2024

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AKA you aren't a "toxic" person 🚫
07/16/2024

AKA you aren't a "toxic" person 🚫

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07/11/2024

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07/10/2024

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When we label behavior as self-sabotage or self-destructive, it can really invite a lot of shame into the mix. Like "th...
07/04/2024

When we label behavior as self-sabotage or self-destructive, it can really invite a lot of shame into the mix. Like "there I go again, ruining everything!".

It really misses the deeper operations at work that are built for safety, security, and familiarity. Systems that may have been there your entire life.

When reactions happen, it's not that your brain doesn't want you to get better; it's assessing for risk in what actually gets you to "better" or what threats are waiting for you there--being vulnerable, changing routine, placing a boundary with a family member, failing, etc.

Your brain says, "I think it's safer to stay where we are because we just don't know what could happen. Let's do this thing I know best."

It could also be that maybe you aren't falling backward at all. Sometimes old behavior feels like a step back when it's actually just a part of the average process for continuing to slowly ease into change (aka it's never perfect).

Maybe your inner critic kicks on when you react, when in reality you're just feeling something because something difficult happened in the "goodness". Good can be so hard to trust when you haven't spent much time there.

No matter what it is, try to give yourself some space here to look at it with a bigger lens. It's always more than a self-induced plot to destroy your own life.

I bet you it all makes so much more sense than you think ❤️

There's really nothing more powerful in therapy than the relationship between therapist and client ❤️ ...
07/02/2024

There's really nothing more powerful in therapy than the relationship between therapist and client ❤️

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Rice Lake, WI
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Thursday 9am - 4pm
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