Maureen Lennon-Schafer

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for Resistant Depression: A Look Into the Benefits of This Powerful Modality

When antidepressants don't work, KAP can help. Learn how ketamine therapy supports neuroplasticity and rapid relief for treatment-resistant depression.

What It Means to Be Trauma Informed

Discover what trauma-informed therapy truly means. Learn how cultivating safety, nervous system regulation, and compassionate care creates lasting healing.

Fixing the Nervous System: Healing from the Inside Out

Learn how to heal your nervous system from chronic stress and dysregulation. Discover 6 practical techniques including breathwork, somatic practices, and rest.

Beyond Traditional Therapy: A Deep Dive into Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Learn about Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): how it works, what to expect, and why combining ketamine with therapy creates lasting transformation.

Rest Isn’t Lazy

Feeling guilty about resting? Discover why rest is essential, not lazy. Learn practical strategies to overcome hustle culture and prioritize self-care.

Understanding Nervous System Regulation: A Body-First Approach to Mental Health

Learn how nervous system regulation transforms mental health. Discover the science of polyvagal theory and body-first approaches to healing and resilience.

The Nervous System Is Not a Problem to Fix

Struggling with anxiety, stress, or overwhelm? Your nervous system isn’t broken—it’s protecting you. Learn how Presence of Mind Therapy helps you regulate, not suppress, your body’s natural responses and build lasting emotional resilience.

Breaking the Stigma: Understanding KAP (Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy)

Break the stigma around Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Learn how this evidence-based treatment helps depression, PTSD, and anxiety safely.

What Therapy Is and Isn’t

What actually happens in therapy? This post breaks down the core elements of the therapeutic process, from the importance of the client-therapist relationship to informed consent, neutrality, and what therapy is (and isn’t) meant to provide. A grounded, compassionate introduction for anyone considering therapy.

Working "Out" Versus Working "In"

Discover the power of a “work-in” practice—gentle, intentional somatic routines like breathwork and meditation that support emotional healing, balance, and self-awareness. Learn how tuning inward can calm the nervous system and strengthen the mind-body connection.

3 Great Reasons to Visit a Counseling Center

There are a few great reasons why you should visit your local counseling center. Keep reading or contact us today to learn more.

3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Prepare For Holiday Stress

What is Nervous System Regulation?

Mindbody connection and nervous system regulation are the new approach to mental health treatment. Learn about Polyvagal Theory in simple terms and find a therapist who can help you.

Mind Body Memory, Identifying Trauma

The body remembers even if the mind forgets. Are you on a never-ending search for healing? Do you have a list of ailments a mile long? The body remembers even if the mind forgets. Trauma can be physical or mental and leave lasting impressions. Experiences like abuse, betrayal, rejection, and abandonment can result in trauma. While you may think you have moved on from a scary or painful…

10 Types of Boundaries That You Need

Physical Boundaries – This includes protecting and maintaining your personal space, your comfortability with touch (i.e. handshakes, hugs), and your basic physical needs, such as resting, eating food, drinking water, going to the bathroom, etc. Emotional Boundaries – This includes discerning when is the appropriate time to share or not share emotions to prevent “emotional Read more » The post 10…

Healthy Boundaries: What Are They And Why Do We Need Them?

Boundaries are not metaphorical invisible fences and walls that we put around ourselves to keep people out. A boundary is in fact a useful mechanism that helps make it easier for others to get close to us. Boundaries allow us to create healthy relationships by building a sense of trust with another. By setting healthy Read more » The post Healthy Boundaries: What Are They And Why Do We Need Them?…

How To Start A Meditation Practice

Have you ever thought about beginning a meditation practice, but are not quite sure where to start? It may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it does not have to be. Here are some tips and suggestions that may help guide you in building your daily or weekly meditation practice. Ultimately, you will want Read more » The post How To Start A Meditation Practice appeared first on Presence Of Mind…

4 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Anxiety Treatment

Everybody is different and this fact is extremely relevant when it comes to anxiety treatment. If you feel like you are having a hard time with this treatment, there are a few tips that you can use. In this article, we are going to look at four different tips to help you get the most Read more » The post 4 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Anxiety Treatment appeared first on Presence Of…

What is Mindfulness? 10 Ways that You can Start Practicing Being Mindful Today

Nowadays, we hear about mindfulness all the time, but what exactly is it? Mindfulness is essentially being in the present moment, where you are not ruminating on the past or anxiously awaiting the future. Just simply being in the here and now. According to research, “mind wandering” tends to be our brain’s “default mode Read more » The post What is Mindfulness? 10 Ways that You can Start…

3 Ways an Anxiety Therapist Can Help Improve Your Daily Life

Anxiety disorders develop from complex risk factors including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events. They can severely impair a person’s ability to function at work, at school, in social situations, and in relationships. While anxiety may seem like a common response to our ever-changing world, there are many steps you can take to counter Read more » The post 3 Ways an Anxiety…

Signs You Should See a Therapist For Your Anxiety

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health disorders in the United States. These disorders affect over 18 million adults every year (according to the ADAA). If you’re struggling with anxiety, keep an eye out for these signs that it’s time to contact a therapist. You Are Losing Control of Your Anxiety Read more » The post Signs You Should See a Therapist For Your Anxiety appeared…

Mind Body Memory, Healing Trauma

You have acknowledged that your ongoing suffering is due to lingering physical or emotional trauma. Now what? Treating trauma starts with understanding trauma and the role it plays in your day to day life. Together with an experienced therapist, you will work to become clear on the traumatic event by making sense of thoughts, emotions, Read more » The post Mind Body Memory, Healing Trauma…

Mind Body Memory, Identifying Trauma

Are you on a never-ending search for healing? Do you have a list of ailments a mile long? The body remembers what the mind forgets. Trauma can be physical or mental and leave lasting impressions. Experiences like abuse, betrayal, rejection, and abandonment can result in trauma. While you may think you have moved on from Read more » The post Mind Body Memory, Identifying Trauma appeared first on…

Collective Responsibility

Amongst the challenges of 2020 living, so too exist opportunities. What a gift, to pause and reconsider. As I reflect upon priorities, I think about the health and well-being of front-line pandemic warriors, the citizens of the world, and all of life on this planet. I think about the need to better invest in education Read more » The post Collective Responsibility appeared first on Presence Of…

Living with Intention

Have you ever had one of those days? If so, then my hope is to inspire you to rewrite the narrative. Despite the side of the proverbial bed you’ve awoken, you have the power to decide the fate of your day, and perhaps your destiny. Personally, there are mornings where I wake up rested and Read more » The post Living with Intention appeared first on Presence Of Mind Therapy.

Post-pandemic Acceptance and Hope

Life as we know it, has been altered by the virus known as COVID-19. As a result, waves of grief continue to cascade onto nearly every shore of Earth in the aftermath of the 2020 pandemic. It seems that on a daily basis, as I learn to adjust to new realities, some lens continues to Read more » The post Post-pandemic Acceptance and Hope appeared first on Presence Of Mind Therapy.