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Mental health clarity — from the people who specialize in it
At TrueMe® Counseling, we believe that access to honest, clinically grounded information shouldn’t be limited to those already sitting in a therapy room. The articles and resources you’ll find here are written, not to replace the work of therapy, but to extend it. To meet you where you are, answer the questions you’ve been carrying, and make the conversation around mental health feel a little less clinical and a little more human.
Whether you’re navigating a challenge, working through a difficult season, trying to understand your own patterns, or simply looking for language to describe something you’ve been feeling for a long time — you’re in the right place. We publish regularly on the topics that matter most to the people we serve: anxiety, trauma, family dynamics, life transitions, and more. Read, explore, and know that whatever brought you here, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Mental health is not a destination. It is a practice — something that is tended to, returned to, and deepened over time. Our blog reflects that belief. You will find articles that are clinically informed but written for real people, not textbooks. Pieces that normalize the full range of human experience — the grief, the confusion, the relationship strain, the quiet moments of feeling lost — and offer perspective, tools, and a reminder that what you are going through is more common, more understandable, and more workable than it may feel from the inside.
We also write about the topics that don’t get enough honest airtime — the loneliness, the way anxiety shows up in the body, the patterns that form in childhood and quietly shape every adult relationship we have, the grief that comes with transitions that are supposed to feel like progress. If something here resonates, save it, share it, or bring it into your next session. And if something you read makes you realize you’re ready for more than an article can offer — we’re here for that too.
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Meet Our Therapists
TrueMe® Counseling is a team of licensed MFTs and PhDs with decades of combined clinical experience.

Marina Edelman
Founder | Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #51009

Cheryl Baldi
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #39801

Dr. Rachel Chistyakov
Doctor of Psychology | Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #150001

Sharalee Hall
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #135374

Chris Calandra
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #129479

Suzanne Perry
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #163151

Hayley Willis
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #163642

Jasmine Johnson
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #137660

Kylee Garfield
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #145651

Sean Palmer
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #161917