Go Gentle Into This New Year
2020 left behind a world of loss. Our hearts feel the weight of missed milestones, withered friendships, canceled weddings, eliminated jobs, separated families, illness, death, trauma, and uncertainty. Even in a new year, so many of us are grieving.
We’re All in This Together
The past year has been challenging, to say the least. We're all adjusting to constant changes and doing our best to navigate these uncertain times. Recently I’ve had several clients reach out to me and ask if I know of any organizations in the area that provide free or discounted services for health care, behavioral health, psychiatry, or medication management.
Self-Care: What’s Your Plan?
During the past five years, self-care has become more prominent in mainstream America and has become synonymous with developing a good mental health plan. According to Google, in 2016 the term self-care was searched almost twice as often as it had been in the past.
Trauma Healing in the Time of Corona
Something we’re not hearing a lot about during the coronavirus crisis is how it’s affecting people with past traumatic experiences. If you have noticed that the current situation is triggering past traumas know that you are not overreacting to the current situation nor your past traumas
Connecting While Social Distancing
Right now we’re hearing a lot about social distancing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) official definition of social distancing is “remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass gathering, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet or 2 meters) from others when possible.