Feeling Connected:

Thoughts and Tools from the Therapists at Three Cords Therapy for Living a More Connected Life, Cultivating Emotional Resilience, and Embracing Your Full Self

You’re Allowed to Affirm Yourself

by kdefatta | August 6, 2025 | Anxiety & Stress Managment, body image, Building Self Awareness, Recovery, Trauma & Healing | 0 Comments

Ages Served: 18-65+Appointments: In-office and Telehealth The last couple of months have brought a wave of big decisions about some very big parts of my life. Naturally, I’ve been talking about them a lot. I’ve also been second-guessing them—just as much. ...

Reconnecting with Your Body

by kdefatta | March 18, 2025 | body image, Recovery, Trauma & Healing | 0 Comments

Ages Served: 18-65+Appointments: In-office and TelehealthMaybe you find it difficult to tell when you're full, thirsty, hungry, or tired. Or perhaps your relationship with your body feels more like an outsider looking in—focused on critique rather than connection. If...

Learning to Trust in Change

by kdefatta | February 11, 2025 | body image | 0 Comments

Ages Served: 15-65+Appointments: In-office and TelehealthAt the time, I had no idea just how much my future self would come to rely on it. First, during the hottest month of the year, the air conditioner in my car gave out. For months, I endured sweltering drives...

Learning to Live in the Valley

Life can sometimes look like a list of peaks and valleys that involve emotions and feelings that are either very high or very low. The highs and the lows feel something like a roller coaster- but one that you either want to stay on forever or get off as soon as...

15 Things You Need to Stop Doing in Order to REALLY Live Your Best Life

1. Wishing time away. How many times have you said "I can't wait for this to be over"? Living your best comes with being with yourself for all of the things you do- being in all of the things you do. You do not get rollover minutes for all the time you wished would...

Training People How to Treat You

When I played high school soccer there was a clear rule, “If you are on time, you’re late.” Practice started at at 4:15 pm but it was our responsibility to be at the field by 4:00 pm or we would find ourselves doing something that was not on our list of desired...

Just Because You Don’t Want to Doesn’t Mean You Can’t

A couple of months ago a very intelligent woman looked at me and said, “I have realized that I do not do anything that I don’t like doing.” I looked back at her smiling and said something along the lines of, “Ok, so what does that mean for you?” On the inside I was...

Eat the Snickers

A couple weeks ago I saw a picture of a snickers bar next to 25 stalks of celery with something written about how 1 snickers is equal to the same amount of calories in 25 stalks of celery. Real question: WHO IS EATING 25 STALKS OF CELERY EVER??? Zero people....

The Responsibility of Connection

A couple of years ago, I bought a beta fish. I’d bought it on a whim one day because I really wanted a pet. At the time, I was living with three dogs — none of which were mine. I saw the love and affection my roommates had for their dogs, and there was a...

You Are Not a Floating Head

By: Kathryn DeFatta and Sarah Norris “I don’t have a full length mirror for a reason.” These were some of the first words spoken by a dear client of mine a couple of years ago as she described the rule she created to keep her safe from her eating disorder. “If I only...