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The Mental Load of Being a Kenyan Woman

Wed, Jul 1, 2026

She woke up exhausted before the day even started. Not because of anything specific. Because of all of it. All of it, all the time, with nobody noticing. The school fees deadline she is tracking in her head while her boss is talking. The fact that there is no milk and someone will need to […]

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Mid-Year Mental Health Check: 10 Questions Every Kenyan Should Ask

Fri, Jun 26, 2026

“Mid-Year Mental Health Check: 10 Questions Every Kenyan Should Ask Themselves in June 2026” Six months ago you wrote a list. Maybe it was on your Notes app at midnight on the 1st of January. Maybe it wasn’t a list at all, just a vague feeling: this year I will rest more, shout less, finally […]

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How to Choose the Right & Affordable Therapist in Nairobi

Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Njeri has had eleven tabs open since ten o’clock. Eleven different therapist profiles. Eleven different sets of letters after eleven different names. Eleven different rates, and not one of them comes with the kind of trust that makes a decision easy. One therapist specialises in trauma. Another lists “life coaching and therapy” on the same […]

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The Kenyan Therapist’s Guide to Self-Care

Fri, Jun 19, 2026

The Kenyan Therapist’s Guide to Self-Care: What We Do When We’re the Ones Struggling There is a session type that every therapist knows, and nobody talks about publicly. It is the one where you walk in at 9 a.m. carrying something — a hard conversation from the night before, a loss of your own, a […]

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September 2026 Intake: Enrolling For Clarity’s Counselling Psychology Courses

Tue, Jun 16, 2026

September 2026 Intake: Everything You Need to Know About Enrolling For Clarity’s Counselling Psychology Courses You have been thinking about this for a while. Maybe it started with a conversation that went somewhere important, and you realised you knew how to hold it.  Maybe someone in your team was struggling and you noticed things your […]

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How Therapy Helped Me Save My Marriage

Fri, Jun 12, 2026

How Therapy Helped Me Save My Marriage: A Real Kenyan Couple’s Story (With Therapist Commentary) Note on this post: The account below is a composite narrative drawn from the experiences of couples who have worked with Clarity’s therapists. Names and identifying details have been changed. The therapist’s commentary is written by one of Clarity’s couples […]

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Teenage Mental Health in Kenya: What Your Teen Won’t Tell You, What the Signs Mean, and When to Intervene

Tue, Jun 9, 2026

“Teenage Mental Health in Kenya: What Your Teen Won’t Tell You, What the Signs Mean, and When to Intervene” She used to tell you everything. Not every detail. But you knew when something was wrong. There was a way she looked at you when she needed to talk, and you knew to ask. She would […]

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Workplace Stress and Burnout in Kenya: What Employees Won’t Tell HR

Fri, Jun 5, 2026

“Workplace Stress and Burnout in Kenya: What Employees Won’t Tell HR (And What Smart Companies Are Doing About It)” Wanjiru had not taken a sick day in three years.  Her manager mentioned it in her appraisal as if it were a medal.  What the appraisal did not capture was that she had cried in the […]

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