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Celebrating Over One Year of Experiential Process Group Therapy!

By aliahealycross | June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 by aliahealycross

For the past 14 months I have been holding space in my home office, facilitating Group therapy. This is both a professional and personal accomplishment that I feel proud to share with current clients, prospective participants and others who would like to know: What is Experiential Process Group? Our Group has consisted of between 4-7 members who each commit to at least 12 consecutive Group sessions. About six months or so ago, we started calling…

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Quit Like a Woman, Alia’s Spring Book Review 2024

By aliahealycross | June 10, 2024June 10, 2024 by aliahealycross

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“The goal here is to create a situation you no longer have to escape, or a life you don’t have to numb. The achievement of sobriety is not the point, it’s a by-product of the work. The work is the point. Addiction is the hook that gets you in the door, and quitting is the catalyst to heal deeper wounds.” Holly Whitaker writes in her powerful non-fiction book, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical…

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Alia’s Summer Book Review: “Page Boy: A Memoir” by Elliot Page

By aliahealycross | July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 by aliahealycross

Elliot Page’s biography came out in June of this year by Flatiron Books. I could see from the cover that Elliot no longer presents as the “starlet actress” Ellen Page I remembered fondly from blockbuster hits, “Juno” and “Whip It.” I have since learned that Elliot was the first openly transman to be featured on the cover of Time magazine in March 2021. I found his gender transition to be intriguing and wondered what…