by Chris Cantergiani on January 19th, 2026 Last week a couple sat on my couch doing the emotional equivalent of defusing a bomb by guessing which wire to cut. I'd been working with them for about a month, and we were at that Stage 1 moment where I was asking the husband to share what he was feeling underneath his frustration. He paused, looked at his wife, then back at me, and said with the confidence of a student who definitely didn't study for the exam: "I feel... seen?" His wife's face...

by Chris Cantergiani on January 5th, 2026 She was about thirty minutes into our session when she stopped mid-sentence, looked at me, and said, "I want to bolt out of this room right now." I nodded. "Tell me about that." She continued, "I can feel it. My whole body is telling me to just... run. To race out that door and put as much distance as possible between me and my whole life right now." She paused, her eyes widening slightly. "Is it weird that I'm noticing this?" Actually, I told her,...

by Garrett Price on December 7th, 2025 I remember it like it was yesterday: I was at the Oxmoor Center mall in Louisville, KY with my family waiting in line to meet Santa Claus. I was clutching my wish list nervously, hoping I could read my own poor seven-year old handwriting. After what felt like years of waiting, I finally got to see the jolly man in red. He called me up to sit on his lap, and in a husky voice asked me “what do you want for Christmas this year?” I was so anxious I...