Supporting Your Transgender Youth Mental Health Resources

Supporting Your Transgender Youth

During Pride Month last year, I wrote about supporting your LGBTQIA+ child. This year, I’d…

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Stigma & Mental Illness Mental Health Resources

Stigma & Mental Illness

In 2020, statistics showed that 25% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness. Unfortunately, over half…

AdministratorMay 31, 2022

Mental Health Movie Nights! Mental Health Resources

Mental Health Movie Nights!

As we continue our look at Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s time to shift our…

AdministratorMay 24, 2022

How To Support Others With Mental Health Problems Mental Health Resources

How To Support Others With Mental Health Problems

Did you know that 1 in 5 adults experience a mental health illness, and 17%…

alexannaratzlaffMay 17, 2022

Identifying Our Emotions Mental Health Resources

Identifying Our Emotions

"How are you?" This question has turned into a simple greeting that usually receives an…

alexannaratzlaffMay 10, 2022

Exercise as a Stress Reliever Mental Health Resources

Exercise as a Stress Reliever

Why do people add exercise to their routine? Maybe they are looking to increase their…

alexannaratzlaffMay 3, 2022

The Hard Truth about Youth and Stress Mental Health Resources

The Hard Truth about Youth and Stress

No doubt about it, our youth today are feeling the STRESS! A study by the…

AdministratorApril 26, 2022

Using Acceptance to Reduce Stress Mental Health Resources

Using Acceptance to Reduce Stress

Take a moment and think about how you react to stress. What does that look…

AdministratorApril 19, 2022

Stress In the Body Mental Health Resources

Stress In the Body

WHAT IS STRESS? Essentially, stress is the mental, emotional, and/or physical response to an external…

alexannaratzlaffApril 12, 2022

Mindfulness to Reduce Stress Mental Health Resources

Mindfulness to Reduce Stress

Did you know that stress is actually a global public health issue? A 2020 survey…

AdministratorApril 5, 2022

Women’s History Month: A Discovery That Changed Trauma Treatment Mental Health Resources

Women’s History Month: A Discovery That Changed Trauma Treatment

Like the rest of us, Dr. Francine Shapiro had problematic experiences.  Yet, her troubles led…

Londonne AyersMarch 15, 2022

Celebrating Women Pioneers in Mental Health: Dr. Marsha Linehan Mental Health Resources

Celebrating Women Pioneers in Mental Health: Dr. Marsha Linehan

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, has become the go-to therapy for a multitude of mental…

AdministratorMarch 8, 2022

Celebrating Women Pioneers in Mental Health: Judith Herman Mental Health Resources

Celebrating Women Pioneers in Mental Health: Judith Herman

Today I’m taking a moment to pause and reflect, thinking about the many important women…

AdministratorMarch 1, 2022

Lifting Black Voices: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris Mental Health Resources

Lifting Black Voices: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

“You know what? Because of what you’ve experienced, your body might be making more stress…

Londonne AyersFebruary 15, 2022

Lifting Black Voices: LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality Mental Health Resources

Lifting Black Voices: LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality

Intersectionality is defined as “an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine…

AdministratorFebruary 8, 2022

Resmaa Menakem, “My Grandmother’s Hands” Mental Health Resources

Resmaa Menakem, “My Grandmother’s Hands”

In My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies,…

AdministratorFebruary 1, 2022

SAD and Seasonal Depression: How to Deal Mental Health Resources

SAD and Seasonal Depression: How to Deal

It’s that time of year again: less sunshine, and long, dark days. Winter has arrived,…

AdministratorJanuary 25, 2022

Using Validation to Fight Seasonal Depression in Children Mental Health Resources

Using Validation to Fight Seasonal Depression in Children

It’s January. The glitter and excitement of the holidays are over, and the days are…

AdministratorJanuary 18, 2022

Imagine Helping Your Seasonal Depression With Something You Already Have Mental Health ResourcesTherapy

Imagine Helping Your Seasonal Depression With Something You Already Have

For some, seasonal depression strikes around the same time every year.  For many others, that…

Londonne AyersJanuary 11, 2022

New Year’s Resolutions: Helpful or Hurtful? Mental Health ResourcesTherapy

New Year’s Resolutions: Helpful or Hurtful?

How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? For some, the New Year feels like…

AdministratorJanuary 4, 2022

When Someone You Love has BPD Mental Health Resources

When Someone You Love has BPD

Recent research has shown that nearly 1.6% of the American population, or over 4 million…

AdministratorNovember 23, 2021

Borderline Personality Disorder and Stigma Mental Health Resources

Borderline Personality Disorder and Stigma

When you google "borderline personality disorder" (BPD), you find no shortage of information. Some of…

AdministratorNovember 16, 2021

BPD: STOP intense distress mindfully Mental Health Resources

BPD: STOP intense distress mindfully

Use STOP (Stop, Take a breath, Observe what’s happening, Proceed mindfully of actions and goals)…

Londonne AyersNovember 9, 2021

“Planning”: Adult ADHD’s Dirty Word? ADHDMental Health Resources

“Planning”: Adult ADHD’s Dirty Word?

Whether or not someone is diagnosed with ADHD, this type of neurodivergence seems to be…

AdministratorNovember 2, 2021