Birmingham Therapists’ Blog
Understanding PMADs: A Plain-Language Guide to Maternal Mental Health Terms
Sometimes just having a name for what you are experiencing brings relief. If you have been searching for words to describe what you are feeling — during pregnancy, after birth, or through the grief of infertility or loss — this guide is for you. These definitions are...
10 Unexpected Benefits of Therapy in Birmingham
10 Unexpected Ways Benefits of Therapy in Birmingham. Most people think of therapy as a place you go when you're in crisis. But what if therapy could quietly transform the everyday parts of your life — the parts you've just accepted as "how things are"? At our group...
Saving Attorneys from Themselves: ACT Therapy is the Therapy for Lawyers
Saving Lawyers from Themselves: ACT Therapy is the Therapy for Lawyers. Why Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is uniquely suited to the mental health crisis inside America's law firms You chose law because you are exceptional at one thing above all others:...
5 Ways ACT Therapy Helps Balance Relationship Needs
Five ACT techniques—values, emotional acceptance, present-moment awareness, cognitive defusion, and committed action—to improve communication, intimacy, and balance in relationships.
Why You Can’t Just “Stop” Binge Eating Disorder— And What Actually Helps
Why You Can’t Just “Stop” Binge Eating Disorder— And What Actually Helps. If you’ve ever told yourself “I just need more willpower” after a binge, you’re not alone. That thought is incredibly common — and it’s also one of the reasons so many people stay stuck in the...
7 Ways ACT Helps College Students with Depression
ACT helps college students manage depression using flexibility, cognitive defusion, acceptance, values-based action, mindfulness, and lasting coping skills.
ACT Exercises for Burnout Recovery at Work
Practical ACT techniques to manage workplace burnout: mindful breathing, cognitive defusion, values-based actions, and self-compassion for lasting resilience.
How Mindfulness Helps Prevent Relapse
How mindfulness practices like MBRP, breathwork, urge surfing and ACT reduce cravings, strengthen self-control, and lower relapse risk during recovery.
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone: The Key to Real Personal Growth
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone: The Key to Real Personal Growth. An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Perspective on Moving Through Fear If you have ever turned down an opportunity because it made you anxious, skipped the networking event, avoided a difficult...
Best Practices for Rapport in Telehealth Therapy
Practical tips for creating rapport in telehealth: tech setup, nonverbal cues, privacy, reflective listening, and tailoring sessions to client needs.
How ACT Helps Couples Rebuild Connection
ACT helps partners face hard emotions, align on shared values, and rebuild trust through mindfulness, acceptance, and committed, value-driven actions.
Teen Heartbreak: How to Show Up Without Trying to Fix It
By Marti Burton, MA, ALC, NCC, EMDR-T Empower Counseling & Coaching Teen Heartbreak: How to Show Up Without Trying to Fix It. Your teenager comes home, drops their backpack by the door, and heads straight to their room without a word. Later, you hear the muffled...