Dissociation

We are living through unprecedented and abnormal times politically right now and that matters when it comes to your mental health. It is important to honor both our needs to disconnect and rest, with the need to stay informed and active in the fight for…

Attachment is the interpersonal bond between child and caregiver that is developed through the accumulation of all the successes and failures in the caregiver meeting the child’s physical and emotional needs. From this relationship with our original caregivers, we develop working models of what we…

Let’s talk mental health among gender diverse folks and spread some factual knowledge. Trans and non-binary individuals have higher rates of mental health issues, starting in childhood because of minority stress, barriers to care, and discrimination/violence. Research shows that rates of mental illness are even…

Given recent statements by RFK about Autistic individuals and the suggested creation of a registry for them, I feel the need to say a few things. Autistic people most certainly can and do have form meaningful attachments and relationships. His suggestion that they will never…

I know that so many things can get in the way of taking needed steps into new spaces, or behaving in new ways. Sometimes we worry about all the negative things that can happen. This is totally understandable as many of us have lived through…

“My late grandmother once reminded me, I inherited her fire. And I can use the fire I was born with to destroy everything around me or I can use it to light up my own life and someone else’s. I choose to light up my…