Society has a long history of pathologizing human variation. Systems of control have consistently taken natural differences in body shape, size, ethnic phenotypes, gender expression, and both mental and physical capability and rebranded them as defective. Our psychological frameworks suffer from this same bias: when someone processes information, regulates emotion, or communicates outside statistical norms, standard clinical models rush to label it a deficit. To understand wh

And Why "Just Thinking Differently" Doesn't Work If you’ve worked with me recently, you’ve almost certainly heard me talk about Schema Therapy. Mental health professionals are constantly toting a "new" model—CBT, ACT, IFS, EMDR. So why this one? It's not because it’s a magic cure-all or another label for your behavior. It's because I rarely come across a framework that explains human behavior with this much clarity, compassion, and common sense. Schema Therapy addresses the f