Dr. Monica Johnson

Illustration of a woman shrugging, representing the uncertainty many Black women feel before an ADHD diagnosis
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If you’re a Black woman who got to adulthood wondering why everything felt harder than it seemed to for everyone else — why focus was a constant battle, why you

Illustration of a person managing time with a clock and hourglass, representing ADHD time blindness
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If you have ADHD, you probably already know you have a complicated relationship with time. You know what time it is. You set alarms. You make plans with every intention

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If you’ve been looking for support with ADHD, you’ve probably encountered both therapy and coaching as options. Both involve working one-on-one with a professional. Both are designed to help you

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If you have ADHD and you’ve described a feeling of sudden, overwhelming emotional pain in response to criticism, rejection, or the sense that you’ve disappointed someone — you may have

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If you have spent any time researching therapy, you have probably run into the question of approach. IFS or CBT? Parts work or thought records? Go deep or learn skills?

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You’ve decided you want to try IFS therapy. Maybe you read about it, or a friend recommended it, or something about the model resonated with your experience. Now comes the

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Internal Family Systems therapy is, at its core, a model about compassion — for every part of you, without exception. That includes the parts that were shaped by the specific

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ADHD is often described as an attention disorder. But for many of the adults living with it, the most painful impact isn’t at work or in personal productivity — it’s

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ADHD and anxiety are two of the most common mental health conditions in adults. They also frequently appear together — research estimates that somewhere between 50 and 60 percent of

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If you have struggled with anxiety, you have probably been given a lot of strategies. Breathe deeply. Challenge your thoughts. Do the thing that scares you. For some people, some

What Is Sleep Hygiene?

Sleep hygiene refers to both your sleep environment and behavior. It’s the art of creating routines around healthy habits and avoiding things that can interfere

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Appreciating Anxiety

Anxiety has a bad reputation. We often define anxiety as debilitating and uncomfortable, and see it as leading to avoidance of people, places, and things.

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Bringing Awareness to Avoidance

What is avoidance?  It involves consciously sidestepping challenging or unwanted situations to protect our mental and emotional well-being. While many people are familiar with the

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