Dr. Monica Johnson

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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

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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

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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Breaking Down Sensory Sensitivities

Each person has a unique sensory profile, meaning that every individual has different sensory preferences and sensitivities. Common preferences may include observing a sunset, smelling

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Enmeshment Trauma: What is it?

Enmeshment trauma occurs when a parent or caregiver violates healthy boundaries by treating a child as an emotional partner, confidant, or extension of themselves. The

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Disorganized Attachment

As many know, attachment styles are a key component in understanding and breaking dysfunctional relationship patterns. Attachment styles develop in childhood based on our relationship

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ADHD Decision Making

Our lives are an accumulation of decisions made over time. Every day we are presented with infinite choices. Some small, like deciding what’s for dinner.

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Executive Functioning and ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, an already common childhood disorder, has seen a rise in online popularity as more and more people are taking

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Diet and Mental Health

In recent years, the connection between mental health and diet has garnered significant attention from researchers and health professionals alike. While the relationship between what

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Mistakes in Sports and Life

Mistakes are unavoidable. They can feel extremely painful and impactful and are part of the human condition. In the realm of sports, mistakes are quantifiable.

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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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What are trauma responses?

Trauma is the lasting emotional response that often results from living through a distressing event. Experiencing a traumatic event can harm a person’s sense of safety,

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