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Yes, in my opinion, as an early adopter and having worked in the Internet space since its inception, the media is just a tool. You decide...

"More spaciousness" is key to deepening self-awareness and healing. Here's how we might explain it in accessible and emotionally resonant terms, weaving in parts work, inner child, and re-parenting concepts.

When I first saw Mork & Mindy I was completely thrilled with his fanciful voices and good-natured laughs; the silly riffs and the tone...

Since the ubiquity of the iphone in the hands of everyone above middle school around 2011, we got a window into the whole world of...

My Father was a book man. Door to door at first, like his father, selling magazines before him, although they both had a secret penchant...

In my groups we discuss pets a lot. I have always allowed space for my clients and their pets. Pets are an amazing source of comfort to...

Going through your younger years in isolation from peers and family is the ultimate loneliness.  When young people tell you I didn't...

IF my life was described nowadays, it would be soooo different.  The story of my life would be A. Trauma, B. Trauma Bonding C....

Working as a consultant for a local suicide prevention group, I have been exposed to harrowing stories and heartbreaking losses....

PHOTO CREDIT: MOMS' DEMAND ACTION Listening to Tara Brach on how to get unstuck and I realize that I have adult separation anxiety.  Why...

I find myself thinking on death.  So many deaths around me, us.  So much loss and pain.  Your best friend's mother. Your other friend's...

How do you get unstuck from feeling like you're underwater?   In this world of mass home-grown gun violence that terrorizes our own...

Photo Credit @madgescottstudio       I get no respect, said Jackie Mason the comedian.  That's how I feel.  Oh mom's in the basement...

PHOTO CREDIT @Rosalind Banks; Art By Rosalind @Facebook Previously published: https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2022/06/12/college-st...

By now we've discussed pandemic fatigue, languishing, anxiety, lack of services, suicide rates, social media, FOMO, triggers, fake news,...

PHOTO CREDIT: Jennie Carr My phone rings three times a day with the same message: my teenage (daughter) needs someone to talk to.  I try...

Three weeks ago a former patient contacted me because she had suddenly recalled an episode from her past, so long ago it was nearly...

**PHOTO CREDIT: AUDRA AVIZIENIS What is the latest on teens and mental health? How about the NY Times Expose on Instagram being bad for...

***Photo Credit: Rebecca Weston Corona Times Every day my phone rings, a parent calling for their 13 yo daughter with depression; or a...

I kept away from trauma treatment for a long time; I thought it would make me depressed. Yet now that we're in a pandemic, I decided to...