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Understanding health insurance can be overwhelming — deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and coverage tiers can all feel confusing. This blog breaks down what these terms mean and how they apply when using commercial insurance at Perez Therapy. Learn how to navigate in-network benefits, meet your deductible, and make the most of your coverage for mental health care in Philadelphia.

Perez Therapy is now in-network with Independence Blue Cross (IBX)! This milestone expands access to quality, compassionate mental health care across Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. With IBX, Aetna, United, Quest, and Medicaid, we’re reducing care interruptions and ensuring more individuals and families can continue their therapy journey—no matter how their insurance changes.

Feeling productive but mentally foggy? You might be experiencing functional freeze — a state where you appear to function well on the outside but feel numb or detached inside. In this blog, we explore how to recognize the signs and share three evidence-based methods to reconnect with yourself, move through emotional fog, and begin to feel grounded again.

It’s natural for parents to want to meet every need and want of their child. After all, nurturing and providing are instinctive parental responses...

OCD and anxiety can look similar, but they’re not the same. While both involve worry and stress, OCD is driven by unwanted, intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors aimed at easing anxiety. Understanding the difference is key to getting the right support and treatment. This blog explores how to tell them apart—and why compassion and accurate diagnosis matter in every healing journey.

You don’t need to be falling apart to go to therapy. Sometimes the most powerful reason to start is simply wanting to feel better. In this blog, Sarah Biren from Perez Therapy explores five signs it might be time to talk to someone — and reminds us that seeking support isn’t a sign of weakness, but a step toward healing and self-understanding.

Sex worker affirming therapy creates a safe, non-judgmental space where sex workers are respected as the experts of their own lives. It supports healing from stigma, trauma, and isolation while honoring autonomy and diverse experiences. At its core, this approach recognizes that sex work is real work—and every client deserves compassion, dignity, and care

Being authentic means living in alignment with your true values instead of conforming to external expectations. While fear of judgment can make authenticity difficult, embracing your genuine self fosters self-worth, stronger connections, and a more fulfilling life. Therapy can provide a safe, supportive space to explore what authenticity looks like for you and how to practice it every day.

Latinx women carry immense fortaleza, yet many hold unspoken generational trauma shaped by colonization, migration, racism, and family roles like la hija perfecta, la luchona, and the caretaker. These patterns can show up as fight, flight, freeze, or fawn—and live in the body as anxiety, hypervigilance, or exhaustion. Naming the cycle is the first step to breaking it. You’re not alone. With culturally responsive, trauma-informed care and community, healing is possible.

Roommates are the “situationship” no one talks about—close enough to shape your daily life, but often too complicated to name. Sharing a home means sharing space, rhythms, and sometimes emotions, which can blur the lines between friend and roommate. Without clear communication, that blur can build resentment. The key? Boundaries. They’re not about distance—they’re about respect, clarity, and keeping your home a space where you both feel safe and comfortable.

Coming out is not just a moment, in fact it is a deeply personal journey. For many folks that identify as part of the queer community, that journey involves navigating identity, fear, vulnerability, and, ultimately, self-acceptance. But what if there was a way to express all of that without saying a word?