Psychoeducation

May is mental health awareness month. This month we try to raise awareness of how common mental health struggles truly are and we try to reduce the stigma around talking about it or about getting help. Did you know that 1 in 5 (46.6 million)…

When traumatic experiences occur early and often in life, the the body’s fight, flight or freeze system can become chronically activated. The brain is on constant high alert, ready for danger. One of the things that happens when this system is activated is that our…

What does it mean to be non-binary? Well, that depends on the person. In general, though, it means that an individual does not identify as falling into what American society has traditionally seen as the only two genders – male or female. But as we…

So many folks coming to see me for help getting past their past want it to be erased, or they want help to forgetting it, and that is something that therapy simply cannot do. I would argue that forgetting or erasing the past, even if…

The ACES study was conducted here in San Diego between 1995-97 and was spearheaded by Vincent Felitti, MD. This study was conducted with 17,000 participants and clearly demonstrated a link between adverse childhood experiences and later health, social and behavioral problems. What I want to…

Heteronormativity – is the belief that people fall into 2 separate & complementary genders, and that heterosexuality is the only normal & natural expression of sexuality Heteronormativity is another bias in how the assumptions we make about people and the world, and therefore clouds our…