A Grounded Look Back at 2025 and a Steady Step Into 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting - not on accomplishments or checklists, but on what it takes to stay grounded in a world that constantly demands more.
This year wasn’t about momentum.
It was about reckoning, clarity, and nervous system truth.
At Strong Self Psychotherapy, I don’t believe therapy should be rushed, performative, or disconnected from real life. Healing isn’t a trend and strength isn’t loud. Strength is steady.
What 2025 Made Clear
2025 asked harder questions than usual.
Not What’s next?
But What actually matters?
This was a year of discernment - of listening closely to what the body, not just the mind, was communicating. A year that reinforced something I see daily in my therapy practice:
You can be highly capable and still deeply exhausted.
You can be successful and still overwhelmed.
You can function and still be in survival mode.
True resilience doesn’t come from pushing harder.
It comes from learning how to regulate, recover, and respond differently.
What I Stand For as a Therapist
I don’t believe therapy is about fixing people.
I believe it’s about restoring stability, capacity, and choice.
I don’t believe in bypassing pain with positivity.
I believe in learning how to stay present without being hijacked by it.
I don’t believe healing requires reinventing yourself.
I believe it’s about becoming more grounded in who you already are—without chronic stress running the show.
My work focuses on:
This is therapy for people who are tired of holding it all together alone.
Who Strong Self Psychotherapy Is For
I work best with individuals who:
Carry high responsibility or pressure
Feel emotionally worn down despite “doing well” externally
Want direct, grounded, and respectful therapy
Value insight and practical skills
Therapy here is collaborative, structured, and real.
No platitudes. No rushing. No judgment.
Looking Ahead to 2026
2026 isn’t about doing more - it’s about doing what matters with intention.
That means:
Nervous system stability over constant productivity
Sustainability over burnout
Depth over noise
Healing that integrates into real life
My commitment moving forward remains steady:
To offer therapy that is trauma-informed, honest, and rooted in respect for the human nervous system.
If You’re Considering Therapy
You don’t need to be in crisis to begin.
You don’t need the perfect words.
You don’t need to justify needing support.
Often, the first sign is simple and quiet:
”I can’t keep doing this.”
If that resonates, I invite you to reach out.
Not because you’re broken but because you deserve steadiness, clarity, and support.
At Strong Self Psychotherapy, we don’t rush healing.
We build strength that lasts.
Adrienne M. Koller, MA, LPC, LPCC, CMHC, CCTP
Founder and Psychotherapist, Strong Self Psychotherapy
