Founder's Corner

 

Over the past month, our practice moved into a larger office suite. On paper, it was an exciting step forward. We were growing. Opportunity was tapping our shoulder and there was space for possibility. In reality…the process also became a powerful lesson in stress and the nervous system.



Adding an office involves hundreds of decisions, unexpected obstacles, financial considerations, and constant logistical puzzles. What surprised me most wasn’t the workload itself, but how stress quietly showed up in the body and mind along the way.


Wellspring Psychological Services Expansion

 

Last month, we shared the exciting news that a second location was on the horizon — and we are so happy to say that day is finally here! We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Wellspring Psychological Services, Inc. is now officially open and operating at two locations in Monterey! This has been a journey filled with hard work, dedication, and a whole lot of heart, and we could not have gotten here without the incredible support of our community. Whether you are a familiar face or someone finding us for the first time, we welcome you with open arms and look forward to continuing to serve you and your mental health needs closer to where you are.

 
 

Provider Spotlight

 

We are thrilled to introduce Bailey Macey, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, as the newest member of our practice here in Monterey, CA.



Bailey brings over three years of clinical experience specializing in trauma-informed care for individuals and couples. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Brandman University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders from Eastern Kentucky University. Bailey began her clinical career at Equine Healing Collaborative in Salinas, where she developed her skills working with diverse populations across the lifespan, providing both individual and group therapy while also supporting clinical operations for a large multidisciplinary team.



 
 

When Words Aren't Enough

 



Movement & Dance

Emotions don’t just live in our minds — they live in our bodies. The tightness in your chest before a hard conversation.


The heaviness that settles in your limbs after a loss. The restlessness that has no name but won’t leave you alone. Your body has been holding things long before you had words for them — and sometimes it needs to move before it can let them go.....



Hands & Art

For as long as we have existed, humans have reached for color, clay, and mark-making when inner life became too heavy to carry quietly. Cave paintings dating back 40,000 years weren’t records of events — they were expressions of experience. Someone pressed pigment into stone because something inside them needed to exist outside of them....




Sound & Music

Singing and music moves through sound — it travels outward from your body, or enters through listening and resonates internally. It’s relational and temporal. It exists in time and then it’s gone, but what it moves in us has a way of staying.

A certain song can unlock a grief, a memory, a feeling we’ve kept sealed away for years. That’s not magic — it’s how the brain...

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