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...