Category: Connection

• The Burned Out Therapist Group: An IFS Therapy Group for Therapists in California & Washington

  

  The Burned Out Therapist Group: An IFS Therapy Group for Therapists in California & Washington

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  August 6, 2026

  Attachment, Change, Connection, IFS, Inspiration, LGBTQIA+, Neurodivergence, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists

  burnout, group therapy, IFS, mental health, self-compassion, self-connection, Therapist burnout, therapy for therapists

• A First-Time Opportunity: I’m Opening 5 Reduced-Fee Therapy Spots This Summer

  

  A First-Time Opportunity: I’m Opening 5 Reduced-Fee Therapy Spots This Summer

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  July 21, 2026

  Change, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, Therapists

  healing, IFS, mental health, reduced fee therapy, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, Sexual shame, therapy for therapists, trauma

• Join Us Men, You Belong Here: Connection Group Openings!

  

  Join Us Men, You Belong Here: Connection Group Openings!

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  July 9, 2026

  Addiction, Attachment, Connection, IFS, Recovery, Religious trauma, Self-Connection, sexuality, Shame, Therapists, trauma

  authenticity, belonging, connection, friendship, group, group therapy, healing, IFS, online group, recovery, self-connection, Sexual shame, social skills

• Watch: A Therapist’s Therapist & What It’s Like to Work With Me

  

  I’m genuinely excited to share this. A colleague of mine—someone who has known me not just professionally, but personally and through my own therapy process— offered his perspective on me and my work. Hearing someone reflect back what they’ve seen in you, especially someone who understands the depth of this work, lands differently. Not as…

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  April 27, 2026

  Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists, trauma

  compassion fatigue, IFS, inner work, mental health, self-compassion, self-connection, Therapist, therapy for therapists

• This Song Feels Like Therapy: Unearth the Hurt by Mosaic Heart

  

  This Song Feels Like Therapy: Unearth the Hurt by Mosaic Heart

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 23, 2026

  Attachment, Change, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Inspiration, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists, trauma

  attachment, connection, CPTSD, IFS, intimacy, longing, love, music, music therapy, patreon, relationships, self-compassion, self-connection, trauma, trust, unburdening, unearth the hurt

• Self-Compassion and Burnout: A Research-Based Path to Healing and Renewal

  

  Self-Compassion and Burnout: A Research-Based Path to Healing and Renewal

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 17, 2026

  Attachment, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, Shame, Therapists, trauma

  burnout, compassion fatigue, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection, Sexual shame, Therapist burnout, trauma

• When Therapists Burn Out: Carrying a World in Crisis

  

  When Therapists Burn Out: Carrying a World in Crisis

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  March 4, 2026

  Codependency, Connection, IFS, Inspiration, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Therapists

  burnout, compassion fatigue, IFS, mental health, political anxiety, self-compassion, self-connection, therapy for therapists, trauma

• I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  

  I No Longer Consent to My Own Harm

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 23, 2026

  Attachment, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, trauma

  codependency, IFS, Religious trauma, self-compassion, self-connection

• Self-Pleasure Is a Skill: 5 Masturbation Courses You’ll Wish You Found Sooner

  

  Self-pleasure is a skill that can be learned. Discover 5 science-based masturbation courses that support shame-free pleasure, healing, and self-connection.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  January 7, 2026

  Connection, Self-Connection, Sexual shame, sexuality

  desire, masturbation, pleasure, Religious trauma, self-connection, sex education, Sexual shame, solo sex

• The F-Word Was Father’s Day: A Poem of Reclamation

  

  A healing poem about reclaiming Father’s Day from trauma through self-love, fatherhood, and inner reparenting. A tribute to self-fathering and growth.

  Forest Benedict, LMFT

  June 14, 2025

  Addiction, Attachment, Change, children, Codependency, Connection, CPTSD, Fun, Grief, IFS, Inspiration, Parenting, Poetry, Recovery, Religious trauma, self-compassion, Self-Connection, Sexual Addiction, Shame, trauma, writing

  breaking generational cycles, compassionate self-love, emotional healing, father wound, father’s day, fatherhood journey, forest benedict, grief and growth, healing, healing from childhood trauma, healing poem, IFS, IFS therapy, inner child healing, Internal Family Systems, LMFT blog, men’s healing, mental health, parenting and trauma, poetry for healing, recovery, Religious trauma, reparenting, self-compassion, self-connection, self-fathering, trauma, trauma recovery