by Susie Rome | Apr 4, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety
Self-Worth Without the Conditions: Learning to Value Yourself Beyond Achievement In communities where achievement is a primary language of value, a particular kind of suffering is very common and very rarely named. It is the suffering of people who have done...
by Susie Rome | Mar 14, 2026 | Addiction Counseling, Article
Addiction Is Not a Character Flaw: Understanding the Roots of Compulsive Behavior If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, one of the most damaging things the culture surrounding that struggle will tell you is that it is a failure of willpower or moral...
by Susie Rome | Mar 7, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety
Grief Without a Timeline: How Therapy Helps When Loss Refuses to Follow the Rules Grief does not move in the tidy, sequential stages that our cultural shorthand suggests it should. It loops. It resurfaces without warning, sometimes years after a loss, triggered by...
by Susie Rome | Feb 7, 2026 | Article, Relationships, Trauma Therapy
Attachment and Trauma: How Early Wounds Shape the Way We Love as Adults There is a question that comes up, directly or indirectly, in nearly every therapy I conduct: why do I keep repeating the same patterns in my closest relationships? Why do I find myself attracted...
by Susie Rome | Jan 24, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety
Depression and the Question of Meaning: Finding Your Way Back to a Life That Matters One of the quieter faces of depression is the one that looks, from the outside, like someone who has everything and is still not okay. High-functioning, professionally accomplished,...
by Susie Rome | Jan 10, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety, Relationships
Anxiety in Relationships: Why the People We Love Most Can Trigger Our Greatest Fear It is one of the more puzzling experiences in human life: the people we are closest to, the ones we have chosen to build our lives with, often have the greatest power to unsettle us. A...
