FOR WOMEN WHO ARE TIRED OF CARRYING IT ALL.
COME HOME
to Yourself
You're holding it all together. Barely.
You're the one people count on. You remember what needs to happen, anticipate what everyone needs, keep things moving—and somehow still wonder if you're doing enough.
Maybe you're exhausted. Resentful. Overwhelmed. Or you've reached the point where one more person asking, “What's for dinner?” might actually send you over the edge.
Here's the thing:
You may not need to get better at managing your life. You may be carrying too much of it.
Maybe the problem isn't you.
Women today are carrying an extraordinary amount.
Work. Parenting. Relationships. Household management. Emotional labor. Caregiving. Aging parents. Life transitions. Friendship. Bodies changing. Careers changing. The endless administrative work of being alive.
And we're doing it inside a culture that still quietly expects women to anticipate needs, maintain relationships, keep households functioning, be emotionally available, succeed professionally, take care of ourselves, raise decent humans—and somehow enjoy all of it!
That's a lot.
But there's also what happens inside us in response.
We become the caretakers. The peacekeepers. The achievers. The planners. The good moms. The ones who don't need help. The ones who can handle it all.
Those parts of us aren't the problem. In fact, they've probably helped us become some pretty incredible women.
They may just be working way too damn hard.
Therapy at Cove isn't about fixing what's wrong with you.
It's about understanding what's happening inside you and around you—what you're carrying, why it's so hard to put some of it down, and what needs to change so you don't have to keep living this way.
The goal isn't to help you become even better at holding everything together.
It's to make enough room in your life for you to actually be in it.
Hi, I'm Ashley.
Psychotherapist, recovering overthinker, and firm believer that most of us are just figuring things out as we go.
I’ve felt what happens when years of pushing through, taking care of everyone else, and saying yes when you really mean no finally catch up with you. Turns out, “I’m fine” is not a sustainable long-term strategy. And I don’t think we should romanticize burnout as the inevitable price of being a capable woman.
That’s why I founded Cove.
I wanted therapy to feel warm, honest, curious—and funny. Because life is bananas, and sometimes we need to laugh.
The goal isn’t to get better at tolerating a life that’s exhausting you. The goal is to make room for yourself again because underneath all those roles and responsibilities...
you’re still in there.
And I’d really like to help you find her again.
So... what do we actually do with all of this?
We get curious.
Not just about what's “wrong,” but about what makes sense.
1.
We figure out what you're carrying.
The obvious stuff—and the invisible stuff. The responsibilities, expectations, relationships, mental load, emotional labor, and approximately 4,000 tiny things your brain is keeping track of at any given moment.
2.
We meet the parts of you holding it all together.
The caretaker. The achiever. The peacekeeper. The perfectionist. The good mom. The one who says, “It's fine. I'll just do it.” Instead of trying to get rid of them, we get curious about what they're trying so hard to do for you.
3.
We get curious about where these patterns came from.
Maybe being helpful kept the peace. Maybe achievement made you feel worthy. Maybe needing less made life easier. Maybe you learned early that other people's feelings were yours to manage. There are reasons these patterns exist.
4.
We figure out what actually needs to change.
This is where insight becomes real life.
Boundaries. Asking for help. Letting someone be disappointed. Giving responsibility back. Saying no without writing a six-paragraph apology. Letting someone else do it differently—and resisting the urge to “fix” it.
Some of the work happens inside you.
Some of it is realizing things around you need to change, too.
5.
We make room for more of you.
Not a more productive you. Not a better optimized you.
You.
What do you actually enjoy? What feels good? What makes you curious? What do you want more of? Who are you when nobody needs anything from you?
Maybe it's Rest. Creativity. Connection. Pleasure. Adventure. Fun.
Maybe you have absolutely no idea yet. We can start there, too.
Two ways to begin.
Ongoing Therapy | The Invisible Labor Project 3 week Intensive
There’s no one right way to do this work.
Maybe you want space to slow down, understand the deeper patterns, and work through things as they unfold. Or maybe you’re ready to focus on one specific area and get to the heart of it.
Both begin in the same place: with your actual life.
Ongoing
Therapy
For when you want room to go deeper.
We start with what's happening now—and get curious about how you got here.
Therapy can move wherever we need it to: relationships, burnout, attachment, old wounds, identity, life transitions, the parts of you working overtime, or the things happening in your life that simply aren't working anymore.
There’s no predetermined path and no rush to get somewhere.
We follow what matters.
The Invisible Labor Project:
3 Week Intensive
For when you're ready to get focused.
A three-session therapy intensive for women who are tired of carrying too much and want dedicated time to understand what's keeping the pattern going.
Over three 90-minute sessions, we'll look at what you're carrying, the parts of you working so hard to carry it, where those patterns came from, and what can begin to change—inside you and around you.
Focused. Structured. Three sessions.
Not sure where to begin?
You don't have to figure that out before we meet.
Schedule a free consultation. We'll talk about what's happening, what you're looking for, and which option might be the best fit.