Welcome to a new blog series. Where we will help educate parents and children about mental health in children and about diversity. It is important to not just teach parents, but even children about mental health and diversity in the world today. About the Author of the Book Jenny Is Scared!” The author of this... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to my review of The Power of Two by Susan Heitler. In our last post we covered the sixth basic of listening, listen to feelings. We addressed what verbalizing emotions can be like for someone as well as how it is to be on the receiving end of emotions. Today we will be... Continue Reading →
Have you ever jumped at the sound of a door slamming or started running at the sound of a siren? Many, if not all of us have experienced this in response to a trigger. This is the just the start of what we are talking about today. Welcome back and hello! In one of our... Continue Reading →
PTSD is characterized as exposure to a traumatic event, natural disaster, serious injury and sexual violence (American Psychiatric Association 2002) As someone goes through these events they can not stop thinking about them. The event begins to take over, and every thought that a person has takes them back to the traumatic event. Today we... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to those of you who have followed our blogs before and welcome to those of you reading for the first time! June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, so I wanted to direct the attention of our blogs towards exactly that. PTSD is one major aspect of the broad category of trauma... Continue Reading →
I want to start this post with transparency, I do not have my own lived experience of alcohol or substance use. I have however taken the time to research and learn about substance use in order to write and speak about it with others. I have worked with people who are actively using, people in... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to my review of The Power of Two by Susan Heitler. In our last post we covered the fourth basic of communicating, no polluting. We discussed and defined tact and how to utilize it within your communication with your partner. Today we will be diving into the fifth basic of collaborative dialogue, listen to... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to my review of The Power of Two by Susan Heitler. In our last post we covered the third basic of communicating, no trespassing. We discussed crossovers and how to take away more from your conversations with your partner. Today we will be diving into the fourth basic of collaborative dialogue, no polluting. -Courtney,... Continue Reading →
What is mental health month about? Hello everyone! Welcome to May, the month that celebrates Mental Health Awareness! Recognized in 1949 as the first official Mental Health Awareness Month, organizations such as Mental Health America have strived to provide bountiful resources and information to the community. This month is about bringing to light the information... Continue Reading →
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