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Paths Uncharted.
A collaborative blog by Divergent Path Wellness
exploring mental health in context, centering neurodivergent and queer experiences, and undermining prescriptive paths
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When Things End: Opening Your Window of Tolerance to Navigate Change
Change can bring about feelings of anxiety, anger, or fear, the potential for regret and sadness. Learn about your window of tolerance and explore tips for navigating change with emotional regulation.

Sarah Lawson, Clinical MSW Intern
Aug 14 min read


Allowing Space for Grief
Whether it’s the personal loss of a beloved person or other animal, or the larger-scale loss felt as we experience the polycrisis of climate change, pandemics, and genocide, learning to accept the grief that we experience and carry with us as individuals and communities can be transformational.

Sarah Lawson, Clinical MSW Intern
Jul 183 min read


When you're caught in the whirlpool: Creative expression & self-reflection for emotional regulation
It’s summertime in Virginia which means it’s swimming season. However, this summer also continues to heat up politically, and the image that comes to mind may be more raging whirlpool than cooling oasis. Discover how creative expression can help support self-reflection and emotional regulation.

Sarah Lawson, Clinical MSW Intern
Jul 44 min read


“Am I Allowed to Want This?”: Sex, Religious Trauma, and the Lingering Weight of Shame
Religious trauma doesn’t end when you leave the church. It lingers in the body—in the bedroom—in the questions you’re afraid to ask. But...
Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
Jun 135 min read


WALL-E and Lessons on Mindfulness
Every single one of us exists with an autopilot—an subconscious, evolutionary form of thinking or decision making that exists to preserve...
Ames Gersten MSW
May 134 min read


One Therapy Key-Ingredient To Alleviate Loneliness!
If you're part of the loneliness epidemic - there's one thing that is essential when you're looking for a therapist. I'm going to be...
Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
Oct 16, 20234 min read


The Silver Lining of Social Anxiety: Contemplating the "Comfort Zone"
Social anxiety can often feel like a never-ending loop of self-conscious thoughts and physical discomfort. You feel like the physical...
Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
Sep 16, 20232 min read


When thoughts/feelings hurt
one consideration for relieving suffering As 2023 comes to a close, I find myself returning to the first post/letter I wrote this year...
Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
May 30, 20234 min read


It's time to challenge these myths
4 Myths Impacting your mental health Hey Hey Hey, The therapy world is a world of gentleness. We've stopped calling out (unless we're...
Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
May 30, 20234 min read
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