Vanessa Power, PsyD, LCSW LLC

Vanessa Power, PsyD, LCSW LLC I'm a licensed therapist of 19 yrs, helping adults navigate life changes, trauma, & relationships. You’re not broken—you’re responding.

Let’s make sense of it—together. Boy mom 🐾 Cat lover 🎖 Veteran
📍Licensed in FL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, TN, TX, WA

Therapists are human too. 😅Yes, we talk about deep things.Yes, we hold space for hard emotions.But sometimes therapy als...
04/13/2026

Therapists are human too. 😅

Yes, we talk about deep things.

Yes, we hold space for hard emotions.
But sometimes therapy also includes:
losing our train of thought, celebrating your wins, or talking about the latest show you’re watching.

Healing doesn’t have to be serious all the time.
Sometimes growth happens in the middle of laughter and real, human moments. 💛

04/12/2026

For many of us, the first half of our lives is about survival. I remember being so disconnected from my body and in go-mode All The Time. The second half of our lives is about flourishing; about being our authentic selves and living the lives we want.

04/09/2026

Use of the wise mind is a balancing act - the balance between emotions and logic. The use of the wise mind allows for us to acknowledge our feelings and consider facts and consequences.

How can we access our wise mind?

1. Pause & breathe
2. Identify the emotion
3. Identify the facts
4. Ask yourself: What would a balanced response be?

Joy is the top of the pyramid.Safety is the base.You can’t skip the foundation and expect connection to hold.Safety → Re...
03/27/2026

Joy is the top of the pyramid.

Safety is the base.

You can’t skip the foundation and expect connection to hold.
Safety → Reliability → Curiosity → Shared Joy.

Healthy relationships are built, not rushed.

This one’s for you. Let’s get you to the top of your pyramid. 💛

03/24/2026

Therapists are flawed and messy and figuring life out too. Some of the best therapists I know and have been mentored by, have been to therapy. You have to get humble, gain insights into your own stuff, and experience being the client.

There have been times I’ve been out and after learning I’m a therapist, people automatically assume I’m analyzing them, or they WANT me to analyze them. Like, buddy, I’m off the clock. ;)

thank you for the direction and editing - I’m having so much fun with this project!

03/21/2026

Consistently doing things for other adults while betraying your own needs is NOT empathy. AND, just because you understand why someone does something, doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to have feelings about it. AND, people pleasers were once parent pleasers. Geez, I should have made three different reels. 💜

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