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"I don't see the point anymore": a sorting tool for lost purpose and meaning
The same sentence comes from a meaning crisis, depression, burnout, grief or existential OCD. A sorting table, what treats each, what a therapist should say.
DECISION MAPADHD in children: what the evidence says
The MTA study, the parent-training evidence, the growth question and the relative-age effect — the six findings that change how a parent reads everything else.
DECISION TOOLADHD in women diagnosed late: why it was missed, and what to bring to the evaluation
Girls are diagnosed at under half the rate of boys, a gap that nearly closes by adulthood. Why inattentive ADHD gets missed in women, what to bring, what comes first.
DECISION TOOLADHD, anxiety, depression or sleep? A sorting tool for adults
The four conditions share the same daytime symptoms. Use this table and question set to sort them before an evaluation, and learn which to treat first.
ADHDAdult ADHD: diagnosis, treatment and the testing question
A practical California route through adult ADHD evaluation, medication, CBT and formal testing—without mistaking a checklist for a diagnosis.
AFTER THE FIREAfter the fire
A practical California plan for the weeks and months after a wildfire: free support, trauma and grief signs, ongoing care, and what to say when you call.
ANXIETYAnxiety that won't switch off
When worry stops being useful and starts running the show: what actually helps, who to see, what it costs in California, and one thing to try tonight.
DECISION MAPBipolar disorder: what it is and what treats it
Most of the illness is depression, most of the delay is diagnostic, most of the excess deaths are physical. What the long studies show, and what to do.
DECISION MAPBorderline personality disorder: what actually treats it
The diagnosis, the treatments with evidence, and the follow-up data almost nobody is told about. For the person with it and the people around them.
BURNOUTBurned out at work
Burnout is occupational, not a character flaw. What helps beyond rest, when it's become depression, and the California leave laws that buy you time.
INSOMNIACan't sleep: what actually works, and why it isn't a pill
CBT-I beats sleeping pills long-term and is the first-line insomnia treatment. How it works, how to find it in California, and every cost route.
ADDICTIONDrinking or using more than you meant to
From a weekly therapist to detox: what each level of addiction care is, who it fits, the Medi-Cal benefit almost nobody uses, and the free 24/7 referral line.
EATING DISORDERSEating disorders: the levels-of-care map nobody hands you
From weekly therapy to residential — how eating disorder care levels work, who belongs where, the insurance rules, and where the free help is.
CHRONIC PAINLiving with chronic pain
Pain psychology isn't "it's all in your head." The therapies with real evidence — ACT, CBT for pain, pain reprocessing — and how to find them in California.
DEPRESSIONNothing feels worth doing
When flat has become the weather: what depression treatment actually looks like, what it costs in California, and the smallest first step that counts.
DECISION TOOLNumb, not fine: a sorting tool for men who feel nothing
"I don't feel much" has six common causes in men, from learned restriction to depression, PTSD, antidepressant blunting and alcohol. Sort them, then reconnect.
OCDOCD: what helps, what it costs, and the therapist-matching trap to avoid
OCD has a gold-standard treatment most therapists aren't trained in. How to find real ERP in California, what it costs, and what makes OCD worse.
PANICPanic attacks: what helps, what it costs, and why the ER keeps saying you're fine
Panic disorder is among the most fixable conditions in mental health — often in 8–14 sessions. What panic is, what actually treats it, California costs.
DECISION TOOLPerfectionism: when high standards become the problem, and what actually treats it
A four-question test for clinical perfectionism, the evidence on CBT built for it, the depression-anxiety-OCD overlap, and how to choose a California therapist.
TRAUMASomething happened, and it's still happening to you
Flashbacks, hypervigilance, the body that won't stand down — trauma has specific, effective treatments. Which ones, who does them, what they cost.
ANGERWhen anger is running the show
Snapping at people you love, rage in traffic, the sorry-again cycle. What anger usually sits on top of, what treatment works, and the court-class question.