It's a question we hear more and more, often from people who've already tried talking to a chatbot about something painful. AI is available any time, never impatient, and free. So it's a fair question: if it can listen, respond thoughtfully, and offer coping strategies, why not use it as your therapist?

For many people, therapy starts with a simple hope: a place to finally speak openly. But if you're queer, BIPOC, or both, that hope often comes tangled with something else, a quiet, well-earned wariness. Will this therapist actually understand me, or will I have to explain myself, or worse, educate them?

Maybe your therapist has never said anything overtly biased or ignorant. They may even use the right pronouns and express understanding and caring about LGBTQIA+ issues.

Discovering an affair can feel like the ground has disappeared beneath you. In the days and weeks that follow, one question tends to dominate everything else: can we actually come back from this?

At a time when it seems our society is polarized and can't agree on almost anything, one thing we can agree on is that we're living in unprecedented times

Every June the world bursts into color. Rainbow flags line the streets, communities gather in celebration, and the air fills with music, laughter, and an unmistakable sense of belonging.

There’s a common belief that coming out is a one-time event, a single, defining moment in a person’s life. For LGBTQ+ people, especially in urban spaces like New York City, coming out is something that happens again and again in a never-ending process.

Our emotional well-being is shaped not only by personal experiences, but also by the broader systems we move through every day.

You moved here for connection, possibility, and community, so why does it still feel like you’re on the outside looking in?

Infidelity can be one of the most destabilizing experiences a relationship can face. For most couples, it is not simply a breach of trust or just another conflict, it is a profound emotional injury that impacts the mind, the body, and one’s sense of reality.

Discovering that your partner has had an affair is one of the most destabilizing experiences a person can endure.

Infidelity is one of the most painful crises a couple can experience.

In recent years, the psychological and moral weight of sociopolitical upheaval has left many people feeling disoriented, not just politically, but personally and ethically.

Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky are world renowned leaders in trauma therapy and healing.

Staci Haines is a leader in somatic therapy with a focus on the social conditions underpinning trauma.

In recent decades, somatic psychotherapy has emerged as a powerful approach for healing from the imprints of trauma.

En este episodio de la sexta temporada de 'Té para el Alma', Valentina entrevista a Raymond, un trabajador social clínico, sobre la compasión y su relación con la psicoterapia y la vida personal.

Are you feeling lonely? You are not alone. Loneliness has become more than a personal struggle, and it is now considered a public health crisis in the United States.

In this presentation Raymond discusses compassion as an essential component in embodied healing in therapy.