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Attachment Styles: Strengthening Our Relationships
Author:
Khila Anderson
posted: Sep. 13, 2021.
I will never forget witnessing a family friend tell my aunt “Stop bringing your child everywhere with you, she will be too attached to you.” I always thought that was
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Somatization: When it’s More Than Just a Headache
Author:
Leslie Alter
posted: Sep. 07, 2021.
How often do we hear complaints from people of stomachaches, headaches, and muscle tension, such as backaches? These somatic symptoms are some of the most commonly occurring maladies on a
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Pursuing Love and Connection: Relationships After Lockdown
Author:
Brandon Liu
posted: Sep. 03, 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has seemed to flip the world of dating and romantic pursuits on its head with both beneficial as well as challenging consequences. It has inspired creativity in
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On Bhangra versus Ballroom: The Couples' Dance
Author:
Ammara Khalid
posted: Aug. 16, 2021.
I love dancing, always have since I was a kid, and I took all kinds of lessons from ballet to kathak and will never miss a chance to hop on
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Working with Individuals Diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Author:
Pooja Shah
posted: Jul. 18, 2021.
There was a swan at the edge of a river and a scorpion approached asking the swan if she would kindly give him a ride to the other side of
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Finding Worth from Within in an Achievement-Driven World
Author:
Imman Musa
posted: Jul. 04, 2021.
I will never forget the excitement and pride that I felt that day. It was a spring day in my fourth grade math class, and we were reviewing for the
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If You Don’t Know, Err on the Side of “They”, and Other Pronoun Reflections
Author:
Amanda Rios
posted: Jun. 27, 2021.
I was driving in the car sometime last year and I saw that a person in the next lane over was driving recklessly and cut off a few people in
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On Families and Systems: Who is in the Room?
Author:
Ammara Khalid
posted: May 31, 2021.
My personal definition of family has always included grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. This is because of how I grew up; I was born in a joint family system, which
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Dogs and Daffodils: The Positive Impact of Pets and Plants on Mental Health
Author:
Emily Parke
posted: May 02, 2021.
As my dog Beau and I were leaving the assisted living facility where we had spent the past few months volunteering with a pet therapy organization, I heard someone call
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Un-flip Your Lid: Managing Your Emotions to Help Children Learn how to Manage Theirs.
Author:
Hollis Rabin
posted: Apr. 25, 2021.
For the last ten years I have worked almost exclusively in child development and residential treatment for adolescent kids with severe social-emotional impairments. I’ve seen some pretty big temper tantrums
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My Experience with Restructuring a Diffuse Boundary within a Family System
Author:
Latrice Peoples
posted: Apr. 04, 2021.
Growing up in the African American community, I was socialized to embrace a collectivistic view where the needs of the family or community were given a higher priority over your
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Singing the Baby Blues: Strategies for Surviving the Newborn Period in a Pandemic
Author:
Stefani Pila
posted: Mar. 29, 2021.
Having a newborn at any point in a person’s life is exciting, challenging, and scary and requires a period of time to adjust to the new reality. Add a pandemic
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Self-Care: Why It’s Important and How to Implement It
Author:
Lindsay McDonnell
posted: Mar. 21, 2021.
“You are no good to others if you do not take care of yourself” - I was told this repeatedly for years before I finally understood what it meant.
I
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The Most Massive Characters: Big T, Little t, and Complex Trauma
Author:
Jacqueline Salazar
posted: Feb. 28, 2021.
I am a childhood trauma survivor. It took me 25 years to recognize that and 30 years to fully acknowledge and embrace that I too am a trauma survivor. It
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Shifting the Bar – Continuing Self-Care through Difficult Times
Author:
Omar Diaz
posted: Feb. 14, 2021.
It would be an understatement to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected how we conduct our daily lives. Many businesses are closed, and many are not operating at full
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Embracing Our Roots: The Key to Our Deepest Healing
Author:
Amanda Rios
posted: Feb. 07, 2021.
“My family is who they are, and they won’t change, so we don’t need to talk about them.”
“Okay, but I don’t think it’s related.”
These are some of the most
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