Working in the mental health field, it is easy to get trapped into thinking of people as diagnoses. It’s not uncommon to hear people talk about “that Borderline,” not the client who happens to have Borderline Personality Disorder. This reduces their humanity and makes them nothing but their … [Read more...]
Quote by Martin Luther King Jr.
It is hard to know what to say on this Martin Luther King holiday. I admit to feeling some sort of pressure around it given everything that has happened in the last year. But I am going to stick with what I know, trauma and this quote by Dr. King as it applies to so much. This idea of shallow … [Read more...]
Toast to the Old You
I think many of us forget to appreciate the earlier, more flawed version of ourselves. Like to many others, high school was a very painful time for me. When I look back, I am so grateful for how far I have come and that I am no longer that version of me. But rarely do I think to stop and thank … [Read more...]
Quote by Gabor Maté
Addiction is an epidemic in this country and the pandemic has done nothing but intensify things. I often hear from clients who have developed addictions that they are not really addicts or alcoholics because they have a reason for using. But everyone who develops an addiction has a very good … [Read more...]
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