Lacy Warne psychotherapy

Lacy Warne psychotherapy Offering therapy sessions in Scotts Valley for adults who desire to overcome anxiety and live a joyous, meaningful life.

Secure video sessions also offered to CA residents.

04/14/2026

Justin’s a dad now, which matters because that’s usually when our own childhood stuff comes screaming back to the surface. You either do the work or you don’t. And if you don’t, your kids absorb it through your own beliefs, actions, parenting choices, etc… The reactivity, emotional unavailability, and cycles that were never yours to carry in the first place but got handed to you anyway.😭

Self-compassion is not “weakness” or being too “soft.” Dr. Kristin Neff has been researching this for years. (randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses exist!) Self-compassion produces better, more lasting change than harsh self-criticism!

So let this be your encouragement to find a therapist and get some support. Because you are worthy of a connected, loving, safe inner system and an outer family to match.

🫶🏼Follow for more real talk and support for early-career and prelicensed mental health professionals

04/11/2026

It’s funny how the same stimulus (client cancels) can cause such a different response depending on the season you’re in.

In practicum, a cancellation felt like rejection. As an associate, it felt like one less paycheck, one more reason to question myself and my choice of this career. �In early licensure, it was relief laced with some guilt for not working that hour.�
And later on… it just feels like breathing room. Time to rest, to catch up on notes or snacks or scrolling memes.

That’s growth.�Not just in skill, but in nervous system regulation. In trusting that rest is still productive. That there are so many ebbs and flows in this work. �
You stop seeing cancellations as personal and start seeing them as part of the rhythm of this work. Sometimes even as an unexpected gift.

👉🏽Mental health pros! What does a cancellation mean to you these days? How has your relationship with cancellations changed over time?

🫶🏼Follow for more support for early-career mental health professionals.

03/26/2026

California be like, “oh you want to be a therapist? good luck sweetie.”🫠

accrue hours… but not those hours! Oh you need 500 more of this specific type, BTW

take the exam… but not yet! First this one! But apply for this before you do that!

submit forms… but actually you’re missing one from 9 months ago.

But for real, there’s so many steps, rules, timelines, and fine print that no one fully explains!

so if you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or confused, remember to be compassionate with yourself because
you’re navigating a very complex system and it’s a marathon, not a sprint.

🧡send it to someone in the process with you

🫶🏼follow for more relatable support for pre-licensed & early career mental health professionals

03/21/2026

Anxious therapists! Let yourself soak up this TRUTH; the relationship is the intervention and the healing mechanism.

Donald Winnicott pushed back on the idea that therapists need to be flawless or always say the right thing. He believed something much simpler and more honest: The relationship is the intervention.

Not the perfect response.
Not the technique.
Not never freezing or stumbling.

It is the moment you misread something and then come back to repair it.
It is working through the rupture instead of avoiding it. It is showing your client that a relationship can be imperfect and still hold.

For a lot of clients, that is the healing.
Not perfection, but repair. And the same is true with parenting, BTW. REPAIR is the superpower. 🥲

💛Save this one. Send it to someone who needs it.

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03/17/2026

not me paying for therapy just to do the opposite 😭💅

but really, I get it!! avoidance “works.” it gives quick relief, takes the edge off, so it makes total sense why we keep going back to it.

your brain is trying to protect you by avoiding what feels scary or uncomfortable…the catch is, every time you avoid, your brain learns: ‘that was dangerous… good thing we got out.’
so next time that trigger comes up, the anxiety shows up louder, faster, and with an even stronger urge to escape.

that’s how an anxiety cycle keeps itself going.

The good news is we can learn and practice slowly teaching your nervous system that you can stay, cope, and be okay. one small step at a time. 🤍

🔒save this for when avoidance feels really convincing & send it to someone who gets it 🤍

03/14/2026

Sweet one,
You have your diploma, the letters after your name. And somehow, despite all of that, you are sitting in your car before your next session, convincing yourself you are not enough.

I see you in there. I’ve absolutely been there, too! Nodding confidently on the outside while quietly terrified on the inside.🫠

Researchers have been writing about imposter syndrome since 1978; Clance and Imes found is that it hits hardest when the stakes feel enormous, and when you are in the middle of becoming someone new.
You are doing both of those things at the same time!!
You are not the person you were in school anymore. And you are not yet the clinician you are becoming. You are in the in-between, messy, uncomfortable middle and it can feel like this.

This is not a warning sign or evidence that you chose the wrong path or that you are fooling anyone. This is what it feels like to be at the beginning of something that matters deeply to you, and to every single person who will ever sit across from you.🥲

You are not a fraud waiting to be found out. You are a therapist in the middle of a transformative journey. And that is an extraordinarily brave thing to be. I’m proud of you.

Save this for the day your brain tries to tell you otherwise. 💛

03/07/2026

Let’s be real.
Even though we’re educated clinical professionals… we’re still human.
We might seem like we have it all together, but trust me, therapists are navigating our own messy human journeys too. We’re not immune to conflict, illness, loss, trauma, or suffering.

We doubt ourselves.�We wing it sometimes.�We struggle with our own mental health.
And that’s okay. It’s part of the gig.

What keeps many of us committed to this work is the same thing we often hope for our clients: growth, awareness, and the willingness to keep showing up.

It’s not that therapists somehow don’t have problems. Of course we do!
It’s that we try to stay AWARE of ourselves and take care of our own mental health so we can continue showing up for the people who trust us with theirs. Thats the key.

Let’s normalize conversations about mental health within our own profession too!

💬 therapist friends! Let’s be real.
Even though we’re educated clinical professionals… we’re still human.
We might seem like we have it all together, but trust me, therapists are navigating our own messy human journeys too. We’re not immune to conflict, illness, loss, trauma, or suffering.

We doubt ourselves.�We wing it sometimes.�We struggle with our own mental health.
And that’s okay. It’s part of the gig.

What keeps many of us committed to this work is the same thing we often hope for our clients: growth, awareness, and the willingness to keep showing up.

It’s not that therapists somehow don’t have problems. Of course we do!
It’s that we try to stay AWARE of ourselves and take care of our own mental health so we can continue showing up for the people who trust us with theirs. Thats the key.

Let’s normalize conversations about mental health within our own profession too!

💬 therapist friends! What’s something people assume about you that makes you laugh? 🤭 spill it in the comments!

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03/03/2026

Sorry, I can’t. It’s time for me@to eat my lil’ snackies and watch my shows. Alone.

🫠🫠🫠

03/02/2026

So scared and looking SO PROFESH right now 🫡

02/22/2026

nobody taught us that our schedule was a boundary. they taught us to attune, to be flexible, to show up for our clients. and we do. sometimes at the expense of everything else.

if you’re early in your career and you’re already feeling the weight of a schedule that doesn’t feel like yours anymore, this one’s for you.

tell me which one hit the hardest. 👇

🖤follow for more real talk about the stuff they didn’t teach us in grad school

11/04/2025

It’s funny how the same stimulus (client cancels) can cause such a different response depending on the season you’re in.

In practicum, a cancellation felt like rejection. As an associate, it felt like one less paycheck, one more reason to question myself and my choice of this career. 
In early licensure, it was relief laced with some guilt for not working that hour.

And later on… it just feels like breathing room. Time to rest, to catch up on notes or snacks or scrolling memes.

That’s growth.
Not just in skill, but in nervous system regulation. In trusting that rest is still productive. That there are so many ebbs and flows in this work. 

You stop seeing cancellations as personal and start seeing them as part of the rhythm of this work. Sometimes even as an unexpected gift.

👉🏽Mental health pros! What does a cancellation mean to you these days? How has your relationship with cancellations changed over time?

🫶🏼Follow for more support for early-career mental health professionals.

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5521 Scotts Valley Drive
Scotts Valley, CA
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