This year, I’m thankful for painI am thankful for the deepest sorrowsI am thankful for my losses, big and smallI am thankful for the hardest trials I’ve facedI am thankful for the resentment of unrecognized laborI am thankful for the frustration of being so constantly...
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Category: Trauma
Raising Awareness of Mental Health in the AAPI Community
May is recognized as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. These two observances provide an opportunity for us to reflect on the unique challenges faced by the AAPI community when it comes to mental health and...
This Pathology is Not All Yours… And Why Therapy Must Consider The Cultural Milieu
Psychotherapeutic training generally includes something called Universality as a healing technique. It stems from Irvin Yalom’s germinal Therapeutic Factors for facilitating group therapy. It basically means that when humans get to hear and witness another human...
Coping with a Changing Climate
Managing Eco Anxiety, Climate Grief, and Climate-Related PTSD Author’s Note: When I first wrote this blog post, I did not realize just how much the start of this month would feel like a reminder of February two years ago. Experiencing new extreme weather events, or...