Inside the Work: Mental Health, Neuroscience, and Somatic Healing

Perspectives from a licensed counselor in Boise, Idaho
on what it actually takes to heal.

Nervous System Regulation: What it is and How to Support It
Nervous System Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho Nervous System Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho

Nervous System Regulation: What it is and How to Support It

Regulation is not calm. A regulated nervous system is not one that stays peaceful no matter what happens. It is one that can move into stress when life calls for it and come back down afterward without getting stuck. If you have understood your patterns for years and still feel them, the work has not failed. It just needs to move to the layer where the pattern actually lives.

Read More
What High Achievers Get Wrong About Healing Trauma
Anxiety, Trauma, Nervous System, Therapy Process Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho Anxiety, Trauma, Nervous System, Therapy Process Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho

What High Achievers Get Wrong About Healing Trauma

Most high achievers approach trauma the same way they approach every other problem: with research, self-awareness, and a commitment to figuring it out. Here's why that framework has limits, and what actually completes the work.

Read More
Why You Still Feel Anxious, Even After Going to Therapy
Anxiety, Nervous System, Therapy Process Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho Anxiety, Nervous System, Therapy Process Ashley Betz, MA, LPC | Mind Space Mental Wellness | Boise, Idaho

Why You Still Feel Anxious, Even After Going to Therapy

You've done the work. You can name the patterns and track where they came from. The anxiety is still there. Here's why insight and nervous system regulation are different processes, and what the next layer of work looks like.

Read More

Connect on IG @brainspotting.idaho