The Mental Load: Why Kenyan Women Are Exhausted
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
She locked her laptop at exactly 5:04 pm. By 5:47, she was at Naivas, mentally running through tomorrow’s lunch menu while texting the house help about the plumber who never showed up. By 6:15, she was in traffic on Mombasa Road, on a call with her sister about their mother’s medication, while also remembering that […]
What Your First Year In a Therapy Career Looks Like in Kenya
Fri, Mar 6, 2026
She had the diploma. She had the KCPA registration. She had printed business cards, set up a small office in Westlands, and posted on her WhatsApp status that she was open for bookings. Then she waited. For three weeks, the chair opposite her desk stayed empty. This is the part of becoming a therapist in […]
How to Talk to Your Child About Mental Health:
Tue, Mar 3, 2026
An Age-by-Age Guide for Kenyan Parents The child Was Fine. Until they weren’t. Their teacher called it a phase. The grandmother said they were “just seeking attention.” The father said they were fine, they were eating, going to school, not making trouble. But the mother noticed something. A withdrawal so quiet it was almost invisible. […]
The Therapist’s Bookshelf: 7 Books That Changed How I Understand Mental Health
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
The Books That Rewired My Brain Before I Could Help Rewire Anyone Else’s When I started my training in counseling psychology, I thought the most important things I would learn were techniques, the right questions to ask, and the correct interventions to deploy. I was wrong. The most important thing was a shift in how […]
Understanding Anxiety in Kenya: Why Your Body Feels Like It’s Always Waiting for Bad News
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
It starts before you are fully awake. Three in the morning, and your eyes are open, your mind already running. Not thinking about anything specific, just a low, humming dread, like your body is braced for an impact that never comes. By the time the alarm goes off, you are already exhausted. During the day, […]
Basic Counseling Skills Every Kenyan Should Have (Even If You’re Not a Therapist)
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
You’re Already Counseling — You Just Don’t Know It Yet Imagine a colleague breaks down in the office kitchen after a phone call. A church member pulls you aside after the service, eyes red, voice shaking. Your teenage daughter comes home from school and slams her bedroom door. In each of these moments, someone is […]
From Corporate Banking to Counseling Psychology, One Graduate’s Journey
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
The email sat in his drafts folder for eleven days. Moses had rewritten it so many times that the words had started to blur. But on that Tuesday morning, sitting in his corner office on the fourteenth floor of a glass tower along Westlands Road, he pressed send. Two weeks later, he walked out of […]
Love Languages and Mental Health: What Healthy Relationships Actually Look Like
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
A Therapist’s Valentine’s Day Truth Valentine’s Day. The restaurant is dim, candlelit. Sarah sits across from her partner, the bouquet of red roses resting in her lap. Heavy. Expensive. Her love language is Receiving Gifts, and he remembered. But her stomach is in knots. Because yesterday, he screamed at her in front of his family. […]