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What is Trauma?
What Is Trauma? From the Greek word for “wound,” trauma is an emotional or physical response to intensely upsetting, or life-threatening events. Experiences of physical, sexual, emotional abuse, accidents, or natural disasters can cause a trauma or psychological...
How To Ensure Your Mental Health Clinician is Multiculturally Competent
During therapy, it is important to ensure that you feel safe, validated, and understood. It is essential that during sessions you bring your whole self, your religious, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender identity, and cultural values, and in order to feel safe brining your...
How Living in a Stressful Environment Impacts Mental Health
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Living in a stressful environment causes chronic, high cortisol levels, leading to anxiety, depression, burnout, and physical ailments”. A living environment can be stressful due to relational,...
How PTSD Affects Relationships — and How EMDR Can Help
Healing Is Possible Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) doesn’t just live in the past — it often shows up in the present, especially in our closest relationships. Many people with PTSD deeply want connection, safety, and love, yet find themselves feeling...
The Silent Battle: Ending the Stigma Around Women’s Mental Health in Pregnancy
Let me be real with you. I’ve lived with anxiety. I’ve struggled with depression. I went through postpartum depression—and I didn’t get help. I didn’t even feel like I could ask for it. That’s why I’m writing this. Because too many women—especially Black women—are...
Women, Mental Health, and Misdiagnosis: Breaking the Stigma of Bipolar and BPD
Women’s mental health has long been misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and stigmatized. Throughout history, women have been labeled as "hysterical," "emotional," or "unstable" rather than receiving proper mental health support. In particular, conditions like Bipolar...
Waiting to Exhale: Navigating Anxiety as an Independent Woman While Embracing Femininity
In today’s world, being an independent woman comes with a mix of pride and pressure. You’re managing responsibilities, making decisions, and striving for success—but sometimes, that independence feels like a heavy weight. Anxiety can creep in, making it hard to...
Waiting to Exhale : Navigating Anxiety as a Single Parent
There are days when I feel like I am holding my breath. Between managing a career, showing up as the best parent I can be, and attempting to have a personal life, it sometimes feels like there’s no space to exhale. If you can relate, you’re not alone. Balancing these...
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