Psychoeducation

This is so true. It does not matter how much we know and prepare for some expected event, there are often elements for which we are not prepared. In my experience, these elements are often emotional. Then I often hear people minimizing these feelings or…

Today we honor those who have served our country in the military. Unfortunately, their sacrifices often continue when they return from active duty. The mental health stats speak volumes. We need to do better in serving our veterans and active military. We need to normalize…

Trauma produces a variety of changes in the body including changes in production of various hormones. These changes in the nervous system result in a loss of homeostasis which in turn disrupts our natural information processing systems. That is why traumatic memories are not stored…

Consider this a public service announcement. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) does exist, and is not actually as unusual and rare as many have been taught to believe. Unfortunately, there remains a great deal of misunderstanding out there about DID, even among mental health professionals. It…

Human being are wired to feel emotions. However, in our culture, we get so many messages about which emotions are okay to express and feel and which are not. Many make the error of believing that just because our emotions are not always logical or…

October 26 is Intersex Awareness Day and is intended to bring light to human rights issues faced by the intersex community. It is intended to end the shame and secrecy around this issue. So let’s honor this date with some information. Intersex individuals are born…