Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy Great Barrington

08/08/2026

Talk therapy helps you understand your patterns; somatic therapy helps you change them.

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06/15/2023

This is a really great depiction of "spoon theory" which helps us understand that we have limited amount of energy/mental energy and that when it gets used up, not so great things can happen. Originally created to describe life with chronic illness/pain, the concept is used more widely.

At Movement Matters Integrative Psychotherapy one thing we do is help our clients understand and use their spoons better.

Today I spent more spoons than I had.

That means tomorrow I may well wake up without energy. I might be sad. I might be short-tempered. I'll definitely be stressed.

In a perfect world tomorrow would be a resting day. That won't be possible. Too much junk to do.

I'll try and sn**ch a few restful moments when I can. And drink all the coffee in the world.

Em 🌈
AuDHD SLP

P.s. My whole take on spoon theory (created by Christine Miserandino) can be found here:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=109385945333764&id=100087870753308

04/13/2023

Researcher and Fierce Self-Compassion author Kristin Neff offers a practice to help women find empowerment.

03/29/2023

Article by Rick Hanson on being good partners in parenting.

https://www.rickhanson.net/good-partners-parenting/?fbclid=IwAR3xUbXA20CaloHNnXkx3XJ3v-tNsnsRPH6C8n6wqC3c4OoQlg2_xvBfOxI

With kids there is just too much for one person to do alone, and each parent has a big stake in what the other one does with the child. Here we explore what makes a good partnership and how to assess it.

08/23/2022

Really lovely poem. In our practice we work with the mind and body and we love to get poetic and creative!

My brain and heart divorced - John Roedel - Words of Wonder - my brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about...

06/09/2022

Yes!

Thanks to for this helpful reminder. You are ok.