Therapy vs Coaching: How to Choose the Right Support for Your Goals in 2026
Not sure whether therapy or coaching is right for you in 2026. Understanding the difference can help you choose support that truly fits your goals and your life.
Why You Feel More Sensitive This Time of Year: Understanding Emotional Bandwidth
If you have found yourself more irritable, tearful, overwhelmed, or emotionally reactive lately, you are not imagining it. Emotional sensitivity often increases when your emotional bandwidth is stretched thin, and this time of year places unique demands on the nervous system.
Why You Suddenly Feel Behind in Life: The Psychology of Timeline Pressure
Ever notice how the end of the year brings a strange sense of urgency? If you feel behind in life, you are not failing. You are experiencing timeline pressure, a psychological response to comparison, expectations, and fear of stagnation. Understanding it is the first step toward relief.
Why Unstructured Time Feels Unsafe: Understanding the Link Between Freedom and Anxiety
You finally have free time and instead of relief, your nervous system panics. This is not laziness or lack of motivation. It is your brain searching for safety. Understanding why unstructured time feels threatening is the first step toward building routines that actually support your mental health.
Why Your Brain Feels “Loud” All the Time: Understanding Mental Noise and Internal Overstimulation
If your thoughts never seem to quiet down, even when life looks calm on the outside, you are not imagining it. Mental noise is real, common, and more treatable than most people realize.
Why You Shut Down Before a New Week: Understanding Sunday Emotional Drops and How to Break the Cycle
Sunday is supposed to be a reset. Yet for many people, it feels more like an emotional crash. Here is why your body and brain shut down before Monday and what you can do to feel grounded again.
Weekend Mental Health Check In: Questions Therapists Wish You Would Ask Yourself
A quiet weekend moment can reveal more about your mind than an entire weekday of rushing around. Here are the therapist-approved questions that help you understand your emotional patterns and guide you toward healthier choices.
The Cycle of Burnout: Why You Keep Recovering Only to Crash Again
Burnout is not just exhaustion. It is a repeating loop that high achievers fall into when they push through stress without sustainable support. Here is why you keep recovering only to crash again and how therapy or coaching can help you break the cycle for good.
Do You Need Therapy or Coaching? Simple Ways to Tell
Trying to decide between therapy and coaching can feel confusing. This guide breaks down both options in a simple way and helps you understand which path can support your goals, healing, and daily life. Learn how Palm Atlantic Behavioral Health provides both therapy and coaching through virtual services designed for flexibility, clarity, and genuine care.
What Is the Difference Between Coaching and Therapy, and How Do You Know What You Need?
Learn the clear differences between coaching and therapy, backed by research and practical tools. Discover how to choose the support that fits your goals and why many clients benefit from both.
Feeling Holiday Dread Already? Here Is Your Early Mental Health Game Plan
If the holidays already feel overwhelming, you are not alone. Many adults feel rising stress long before Thanksgiving dinner is served. At Palm Atlantic Behavioral Health, our virtual therapy sessions help you stay grounded and emotionally steady before the seasonal pressure builds. You deserve to enter the holidays with peace, not with a sense of dread that feels heavier than a loaded Thanksgiving plate.
You Googled Your Symptoms. Now What? Why Self Diagnosis Is Only Step One
Online symptom searching can reveal important clues, but it cannot replace professional evaluation. Learn what to do after you Google your symptoms and how to turn internet confusion into a clear path forward.
OCD and the Exhaustion of Constant Mental Monitoring
OCD is not just about rituals you can see but the exhausting, invisible effort of monitoring your every thought, feeling, and memory for hidden danger. The brain is working overtime, even when you are sitting still.
What OCD Is and What It Isn’t: Clearing Up Common Misconceptions
OCD Awareness Week reminds us that obsessive-compulsive disorder is not about neatness. It is about anxiety, uncertainty, and the brain’s faulty alarm system. Learn the science, debunk the myths, and find out how therapy can help retrain the brain.
Depression Is Not Just Sadness: Symptoms You Might Miss
Depression is not just sadness. It is a clinical condition with biological, cognitive, and physical symptoms. Learn the science behind it and the signs you might miss.
What ADHD Actually Looks Like in Real Life
ADHD is not just distraction. It is time blindness, perfectionism traps, emotional highs and lows, and hyperfocus that derails daily life. Here is what it looks like in reality, and how therapy and coaching can help.
The Link Between Sleep, Nutrition, and Depression — And How to Break the Cycle
Sleep and nutrition are powerful drivers of mood and energy. When disrupted, they can fuel depression and make healing harder. Learn how these systems interact and how you can begin breaking the cycle with small, sustainable steps.
Grounding Techniques for Anxiety You Can Use Anywhere
You do not need a meditation cushion or a quiet room to manage anxiety. These five grounding techniques can help you stay centered and calm, no matter where life takes you.
Mental Health Myths That Might Be Holding You Back from Getting Help
Still think therapy is only for people in crisis? These common mental health myths may be quietly keeping you from the support you deserve. Learn the truth—and why getting help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

