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Learn more about topics that we discuss in the therapy setting. These resources are available to help anyone looking for support, education, encouragement to to explore next steps in their therapy or mental health journey.
What is a Flashback?
Flashbacks are one of the more common trauma experiences and symptoms that are experienced by trauma survivors, and while they are common for trauma therapists to work with, those experiencing flashbacks often find them scary, distressing, confusing, disorienting, and very uncomfortable
Is Poverty a Form of Trauma?
With greater and greater awareness and discussion on the impact of trauma, there is a growing conversation on the types of experiences that can be a form of trauma. Today, we will discuss poverty as a form of trauma and discuss the impacts of property on those who experience it.
Resource Review: Trauma Stewardship
Learn more about this resource for professionals who are exposed to trauma as a part of their career and professional work.
Managing Anxiety Through Financial Instability
Many people have experienced new levels of stress and financial instability resulting from many of these factors. Financial instability or uncertainty has been correlated with increased anxiety and decreased mental well-being.
How to Manage Depression through Job Loss
While many of the stress factors associated with the loss of a job are not within the control of the individual who has experienced the job loss, there are a few steps that you can take to manage the impact of job loss on your mental health and wellness.
Postpartum Anxiety: Treatment options
Many people are familiar with the phenomenon of postpartum depression, but did you know that postpartum anxiety may be almost as common?
Breaking Barriers: In obtaining therapy in Spanish
The Hispanic community in the United States faces a number of barriers when it comes to accessing therapy services in Spanish. Despite being one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.
Can a Pet Help my Improve Anxiety?
Pet ownership is one lifestyle change that many people are considering when thinking about constructing a life that optimizes fulfillment and reduces anxiety in the long term.
Can a Pet Help Improve Depression?
Are you an animal person, or have you considered owning an animal? Have you ever considered that animal ownership could be a valuable part of your mental health care and improve your overall mental and emotional well-being?
Slaying the Dragon of Trauma: Abusive Relationships
When you think of intimate partner violence or domestic violence, you probably think of more extreme cases of physical assault resulting in a visible injury but the truth is, domestic violence has multiple layers.
Slaying the Dragon of Trauma: Anger
Do you seem to feel angry about how something has impacted you and your life? Or do, you just find yourself on edge, quick to anger and snapping at others more than you like. After experiencing a traumatic event, it is very common that those individuals to feel angry.
Slaying the Dragon of Trauma:A beast called sexual assault
Sexual assault trauma can feel like a terrible beast to fight, but you do not have to stay stuck forever. There are ways to heal.
Slaying the Dragon of Trauma:Childhood trauma & adult thinking patterns
Depending on our circumstances growing up there may or may not be the resources needed or available to adequately treat childhood trauma when it happens. Therefore, many people have entered into adulthood and all it has to offer without slaying the dragon of childhood trauma.
Types of Group Therapy
It can be somewhat confusing to consider the different types of group therapy and what may be best for you. Learn more about the main kinds of group therapy and the benefits of each type.
Good Habits to Help Ease Everyday Anxiety
take the time to explore simple steps that you can take to improve your anxiety symptoms on a daily basis.
3 Keys to Understanding Anxiety
Understanding your specific anxiety experience can be an important key to seeking the correct treatment, applying the correct skills, and ultimately developing a plan to manage and treat your unique experience with anxiety.
Tips for Finding a Therapist
Finding a therapist can be hard. Here are three different things to consider when looking for a therapist.
First Responders and All That it Comes With
Learn from one of our team members that specializes in first responded trauma. She will share her unique insights into the challenge, trauma, and needs of the first responder community.
Coping with Grief During the Holidays
For several of us, the holiday season offers a much-needed break from our chaotic lives at work, school, family activities, etc. It’s a time to enjoy old family traditions and start new ones. But for those who have experienced the death of a loved one, the two-month-long holiday season can be difficult or bittersweet.
Is it Time to Deck the Halls?: Mental health and the holidays
Here are some tips to ensure that YOU can enjoy your holidays without the chaos that may come with dealing with dysfunctional relatives or missing those who you lost.