Mental Health Blog

Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.

The Six Archetypes
October 28, 2026

The Rose in Love: The Push-Pull That Keeps Partners Off-Balance

Loving a Rose: Staying Steady Through the Push and Pull He had been with her for two years before he understood that the pattern had...

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The Six Archetypes
October 26, 2026

Healing the Sentinel Pattern: Building a Tolerance for Uncertainty

The Rose in Love: Sabotaging the Stability You Crave She had ended the relationship on a Tuesday. By Thursday she had texted him. By the...

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The Six Archetypes
October 21, 2026

The Sentinel at Work: When the Alarm Never Fully Quiets

Healing for the Sentinel: Tolerating Not Knowing Mara described it as learning to drive without checking the mirrors every thirty seconds. She had driven the...

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The Six Archetypes
October 19, 2026

The Sentinel as a Partner: What It’s Like to Be in a Relationship With One

Loving a Sentinel: Understanding the Need for Reassurance He came to the session alone, which was unusual. His wife, Mara, had been the one who...

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The Six Archetypes
October 14, 2026

The Sentinel in Love: When Vigilance Is Your Love Language

The Sentinel in Love: Why Quiet Feels Like Abandonment She kept a log. Not deliberately, not as a strategy, just in the way that very...

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The Six Archetypes
October 12, 2026

Healing the Island Pattern: Learning to Reach

Healing for the Island: Admitting the Need Exists He said it very quietly, at the end of a session, almost as an afterthought. We had...

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The Six Archetypes
October 7, 2026

The Island at Work: Competence Without Vulnerability

The Island at Work: Impressive, Reliable, and Unreachable The performance review came back glowing, the way it always did. He had exceeded his targets in...

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The Six Archetypes
October 5, 2026

The Island as a Partner: What It’s Like to Be in a Relationship With One

There was a man I’ll call David who spent seven years with a partner he genuinely loved, who would describe their relationship to anyone who...

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The Six Archetypes
September 30, 2026

The Island in Love: When Closeness Costs Too Much

The call came on a Sunday afternoon, when Casey was forty-three and her sister was on her way back from a ski weekend and wanted...

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The Six Archetypes
September 28, 2026

Healing the Empath Pattern: Learning to Receive

The first stage of healing for an Empath is learning to receive. That sentence is short and it sounds manageable and I want to be...

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