Healing is Personal, Relational, and Societal
Healing is Personal, Relational, and Societal I strive to be intentional about discussing race, gender, class, culture, and sexuality with clients as I believe the therapeutic space is an environment to discuss how personal and societal elements impact our well-being and ability to thrive. As a white therapist, I chose to help white clients lean […]
Labeling People: Helpful or Harmful?
Labeling People: Helpful or Harmful? Labels are commonplace in the field of mental health, but are considered a bit of a controversial topic. On one hand, it is helpful to have a common language and standardized classification system such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). The DSM-5 identifies and categorizes […]
THE LAMPS ARE DIFFERENT BUT THE LIGHT’S THE SAME
THE LAMPS ARE DIFFERENT BUT THE LIGHT’S THE SAME ~Rumi I am a lover of travel and culture. I have come to appreciate that I can learn something new from every person I meet (sometimes whether I want to or not). I also am a firm believer that we really are more alike than we […]
White Privilege
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To Tattoo, or Not to Tattoo? What’s the (Psychological) Deal with Tattooing?
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] To Tattoo, or Not to Tattoo? What’s the (Psychological) Deal with Tattooing? [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”]According to the Harris Poll (2014), one in three Americans have tattoos, and most don’t just stop at one. When I got […]
