In order to create a safe space for someone to discuss their identity openly and authentically with them, start with listening without judgment. Let them know you believe them, you love them, and thank them for telling you because it is a courageous thing to do.
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First-Time Pregnancy During a Pandemic
This article is based on interviews conducted with first-time moms experiencing pregnancy mid-pandemic and what they want other mothers to know about pregnancy in general as well as during a time of worldwide uncertainty.
Common Misconceptions About Therapy
Many misconceptions exist revolving around what therapy looks like, who attends therapy, and what purpose counseling serves. So what are common misconceptions about therapy, and what is the truth about receiving mental health care?
Infertility
Infertility, the inability to reproduce by natural means, is a problem for at least 8 percent of couples worldwide and affects both women and men. Let’s take a look at infertility.
Misconceptions About Therapy
Many misconceptions exist revolving around what therapy looks like, who attends therapy, and what purpose counseling serves. So what are common misconceptions about therapy, and what is the truth about receiving mental health care?
Relationships and the Five Love Languages
But what is the key to maintaining a healthy, functional relationship? Some people believe communication is key. Others might think loyalty or commitment are the foundation of any strong partnership.
Goal Setting in the New Year
As we reign in the New Year, we are often bombarded with messages about goal setting. However, what makes these New Years’ resolutions last past January?
Modeling Healthy Body Image for Our Children
If we express dissatisfaction with our bodies or are critical of the way we look, it is likely that our children will learn to evaluate themselves through the same critical lens.
Setting Boundaries
Let’s Talk About Boundaries As the leaves begin to change colors and fall from the trees and the air turns…
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Telehealth in Mental Health
As the world around us continues to change, we must adapt and find safer, more efficient ways to receive the care we need. So, what exactly is telehealth?
Trauma Responses
Trauma can include a host of experiences such as living through a natural disaster, experiencing racial trauma, losing a loved one, or surviving abuse.
Intrusive Thoughts During Postpartum Period
Intrusive thoughts during the postpartum period can be debilitating. So you’re laying in bed, physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausted from your day with an infant at home.
Coping Strategies Holiday Stress
Coping Strategies Holiday Stress Coping strategies for holiday stress is a must! Holiday commercials are filled with families and people…
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Mental Health Breast Cancer Battle
Breast cancer survivors are continuously fighting on the battlefield to win the war on their physical, mental and emotional health. Survivors have been through hell and have managed to fight their way back to a healthy life. Thankfully, breast cancer survivors have tripled in the past decade.
I Don’t Want to Go to Therapy: Top 3 Reasons
I had the pleasure of providing treatment to clients who never wanted to go to therapy. Below are a few reasons why maybe one of them is your “why” too.
Book Review on Doula Revolution: Transforming your Mind, Body and Soul
I’m a 35-year-old mother of three beautiful children. After the birth of my third child, I struggled with postpartum depression, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and to make matters worse, my doctor found a lump in my left breast.
Climbing Out of the Darkness of Postpartum Mood Disorders
Climbing Out of the Darkness of Postpartum Mood DisordersBy Mariah Warren, Guest Blogger. Mariah is a mother, warrior mom and…
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I Have Always Known that I Wanted to be a Mother
My vision of what my journey would look like came to a screeching halt when I started facing unforeseen complications in my pregnancy.
Suicide Is The Number One Preventable Death
Unlike deaths resulting from medical illnesses, suicide can be prevented with appropriate mental health support and advocacy.
Christine’s Perinatal Loss
We were so naive about what it would be like to expand our family. We didn’t know any couples who had experienced any difficulties having their children.
What Happens in Therapy?
I employ a client-centered treatment philosophy. There are three fundamental processes that serves as pillars for treatment. The fashion in which the therapeutic process unfolds, greatly depends on the patient’s needs.
Suicide, Is There Another Alternative?
It is rarely discussed and always looming. It comes with a stereotype, a stigma, a “type”. Perhaps threats or past behaviors were overlooked. Perhaps the signs were staring you right in the eye.
Infertility Group Support Open Letter To My Patients
Infertility, a word all of you are very familiar with! To do a free association activity with this word would produce numerous gut-wrenching feelings, adjectives, questions, nouns etc. I can imagine that I would hear the words isolation, loneliness or alienation reverberated across the room by more than one woman.
Grace’s Miscarriage
The memory of losing my baby is STILL so strong. I feel paralyzed. I feel defeated.I have always known that…
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Night Terrors and Children
1. What causes nightmares? What are some common triggers? Overall nightmares are the manifestation of our overwhelmed emotions; in this case, fear, expressed during the REM state. Nightmares often occur during a stressful time in a child’s life.
A Mother’s Transformative Story of Healing
I had an abortion in 1988 when I was 17. I lived in a small town, my parents were well known and they knew everyone.
How Do I Manage My Anxiety?
Anxiety is a mental health disorder that is characterized by feelings of being overwhelmed with worry, fear, uneasiness or panic about the present or the future.
Motherhood and Anxiety
Anxiety-related concerns are one of the most common issues that motivate patients to therapy, and for mothers of newborns, anxiety can be so debilitating.
How Do I Let Go of my Past Trauma?
The American Psychological Association defines trauma as “an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster.”
Are You Having Difficulty Communicating with Your Loved One?
Are You Having Difficulty Communicating with Your Loved One? Take our Quick Survey.
“Nervous Breakdown” Was How Postpartum Depression was Described in the 1930s
Recently, I heard a heart-wrenching story from an 80-year-old grandmother who shared her story about having a “nervous breakdown” when she answered the question, do you have a history of depression?
Why Do I Need Psychotherapy to Treat my Postpartum Depression?
By Meedlen Charles, MD. Dr. Charles is board certified in general Obstetrics and Gynecology with Westchester Medical Practice- New York Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley
Self-Care for Health Care Professionals
A professional’s strong alliance with their clients, repeated exposure to clients’ traumatic birth or traumatic life experiences and a professional’s own personal trauma can create an inducement for an emotional breakdown.
Navigating The Journey of Infertility
I have always known that I wanted to have my own family one day. When we decided to have a family, we were filled with excitement and pure joy and I quickly started to filled the nursery with pictures and even a mural on the wall.
What Happens in Group Therapy?
Although most people have not been exposed to this therapeutic process; it is a very effective form of treatment.
Psychotherapist Versus Life Coach: What’s the Difference?
What is the difference between a life coach and a psychotherapist? I have been asked this question numerous times, so let me take the time to clarify this point.
Embracing YOUR Individual Therapy
Maybe this is your first time thinking about going to therapy or maybe you have tried this before. No matter, it can be a scary venture, but it’s well worth it in the end.