Blog | Marrissa Rhodes Psychotherapy

Living Life in Gray: Learning to Overcome Perfectionism

I've been there before, a lot actually. Sometimes I still struggle with it. And I'm willing to bet you have too if the title of this post...

7 Signs That You May Have Experienced Childhood Emotional Neglect (and How to Begin Healing)

We are wired, from the beginning, for connection to others. Particularly, how we are related to in an emotional sense throughout our...

Healing Still Leaves Scars

I believe that one of the most effective ways to make sense of our world - and our experiences in our world - is through metaphor. When...

Out of Anxiety, Into Authenticity: How Embracing Our Experience Changes Things

"Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it, and see through your resistance." -Deepak...

What Tea Kettles Have Taught Me About Anxiety.

In my last blog post I discussed how we learn to avoid our feelings, and how that ends up disconnecting us from ourselves. I mentioned...

The Only Way Out is Through

If we want to live an authentic life, we'll have to start paying attention to our emotions.

Integrated Spaces

This photo is symbolic of the reason I’ve used the name “Integrated Spaces.” In this image, there is depth of meaning and an...

Finding Your Voice

There is a weight upon her A pressure that’s unseen A burden carried on her own A yoke she can’t break free There is a rage within her A...

On Vulnerability

One of the earliest lessons of my grad school experience was of the importance of vulnerability. Yeah, the courage to speak about where...