How Accepting Insurance for Mental Health Therapy Increases Access to Care
Mental health care isn’t just a buzzword anymore—it’s a priority. With growing awareness, many insurance plans now include coverage for therapy, but the process of accessing therapy through insurance isn’t always straightforward. Let’s explore the different types of...
Self-Care Gifts You Can Give Yourself
In a world that often pulls us in a thousand directions, it’s easy to overlook the most important person in your life: you. Self-care isn’t just about indulgence; it’s a fundamental practice of nourishing your mind, body, and soul. And one of the best ways to embrace...
Body Positivity and Body Neutrality: Benefits and Differences
We’re diving into the lively debate of body positivity and body neutrality—two philosophies that might sound similar but serve up different flavors of self-acceptance. Whether you’re scrolling through social media, feeling bombarded by perfect images, or just trying...
Body Image Issues During the Holidays: Navigating Anxiety, Family Comments, and Finding Empowerment
Ah, the holiday season. It’s that “magical time of year” when we gather around tables overflowing with food, family, and our loved ones. For many women, it can also feel like a pressure cooker for anxiety, especially when it comes to the focus on physical appearance...
Therapy for Men: Men’s Issues, Masculinity, and Mental Health
Let’s talk about therapy for men, something we don’t talk about nearly enough. You know, there’s this traditional image of a man that’s been floating around for ages—stoic, emotionally guarded, and always pushing himself to succeed. We see it in movies, we hear it in...
Breaking Down the Barriers: Understanding BIPOC Mental Health
Let's talk about something really important: mental health. You know, the aspect of health we often sweep under the rug? Well, it's time to shine a light on it, especially when it comes to BIPOC mental health for our brothers and sisters of color and indigenous...
Mental Health Self-Care During the Election Cycle
Election cycles are notoriously stressful. The constant barrage of news, the divisive rhetoric, and the uncertainty of the outcome can take a toll on anyone's mental health. It's essential to remember that it's perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed, anxious, or even...
Mental Health Equity: Breaking Down the Barriers
Let's talk about something really important: mental health equity. Mental health equity means everyone should have an opportunity to thrive as it relates to their emotional and mental wellness. This is especially important for BIPOC communities. Imagine a world where...
Navigating Parenthood As A Parent of Color
Alright, parents let's get real. Parenthood is not a walk in the park. It can sometimes seem like a rollercoaster, minefield, and downright battlefield. For parents of color, the experience of parenting can be an even larger challenge. This blog on parenting is...
From Silence to Strength: Addressing Workplace Discrimination
Workplace discrimination ain't no joke, especially when the “Problem” Woman Colour (WOC) in the Workplace dynamics is taken into consideration. It's a serious issue that can have a major impact on our careers and our mental health when there is heightened surveillance...
Parenting in Challenging Times: Tips and Support
Parenting is an extraordinary journey filled with moments of pure joy and unconditional love. It's a role that shapes lives and builds legacies. Yet, in today's fast-paced and complex world, raising children can also feel like navigating uncharted waters. From...
College Crossroads: Navigating Your Journey As A Person Of Color
College is a whirlwind of new experiences, academic and social pressure, family expectations, adjustment to new found independence, and pre-existing or new mental health challenges. The diagram below shows eight critical mental health statistics affecting college...
Blossoming From Within: Building Self-Esteem to Embrace Your True Self
Building self-esteem can be a powerful force that shapes our perception of ourselves, our interactions with the world, and our ability to navigate life's challenges. But for many of us, especially those struggling with depression and anxiety, self-esteem can feel like...
Reclaiming Your Strength: How EMDR Therapy Empowers Healing from Racial Trauma
Have you ever walked away from an interaction feeling unseen, unheard, or simply like you didn't quite belong? Maybe a seemingly harmless comment left a sense of feeling invalidated, a microaggression chipped away at your sense of self-worth, or witnessed an...
Navigating Interracial Relationship Dynamics From A Therapeutic Point of View
From cultural differences to societal expectations, partners in interracial relationships must navigate a complex landscape. This blog post will explore interracial relationship dynamics through a therapeutic lens, offering insights and strategies to help couples...
EMDR Therapy: Considerations and Applications of this Trauma Therapy Approach
What is EMDR? When traumatic experiences are unprocessed, they become “stuck” or stored in the brain in an ineffective way. This leads to a variety of emotional concerns such as anxiety and depression or psychological difficulties such as believing “I’m not good...
Telehealth Therapy: The New Normal for Mental Health Care
Since 2020, telehealth therapy has emerged as a transformative force in the healthcare industry, and has increased accessibility to medical services and mental health therapy. This innovative approach, fueled by advancements in technology and a shifting healthcare...
Therapy For Depression: Shedding Light on Depression in the BIPOC Community
Depression is a complex and often misunderstood mental health condition that can affect individuals from all walks of life. Within the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community, however, there are unique challenges and factors that can contribute to the...
Trauma Therapy for Person of Color LGBTQ+ Individuals
The American Psychological Association describes trauma "an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks,...
Navigating Anxiety: When You Constantly Worry About Worse Case or “What if…” Scenarios?
The constant stream of information bombarding us on social media, news outlets, and phone apps as well as the demands of work, family life, and relationships, in this fast paced world has contributed to the rise in symptoms of anxiety. The National Institute of Mental...
Trauma Therapy For The BIPOC Community
Trauma comes in many forms, from childhood abuse to combat experiences, natural disasters, car accidents, home invasion, intimate partner violence, racialized experiences, generational experiences of war, displacement, disenfranchisement, and more. These traumatic...
Body Dysmorphia and the Black Experience
1. What is body dysmorphia? Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental health diagnosis commonly referred to as "body dysmorphia". It is categorized by preoccupation with a real or imagined flaw/imperfection in one's appearance, which causes the person living with...
Sunday Scaries and Your Mental Health
Imagine this-you are having a great Saturday full of fun with your friends and family. You go to sleep being full of gratitude. You wake up in the morning and Bam! It hits you, you have a whole new week ahead of you with tasks, obligations and the end of weekend...