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Mind and Body Connection

by Viviana Diaz, LPC Individuals are complex and no experience of existing is identical. Life events, our environment, and our...

It's World Mental Health Day!

By Skylar DeNoyer and Laura Dickman, BSW Interns On October 10th, we celebrate World Mental Health Day and recognize the importance of...

Hispanic Heritage Month: Music is a Love Language

by Elizabeth Godinho, MSW Intern What do love and a Spanish guitar have in common? They are both forms of communicating with our loved...

5 Steps to Scheduling Anxiety

by Staci Sharik, MSW Intern Scheduling anxiety? Why would I want to schedule a time to be anxious? Anxiety is an emotion that we all have...

Instagram vs. Reality – How the Online Social Sphere Affects Self-Esteem

by Skylar DeNoyer, BSW Intern Social media is a platform all too familiar in the 21st century. First, we had the rise of Myspace in 2003...

Hispanic Heritage Month: How Disney Pixar’s Coco Explores Cultural Pride

By Skylar DeNoyer, BSW Intern September 15th-October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic Heritage Month is a period of time where...

Disney Therapy: Learning to Find the Good Ones

by Peggy Carstensen, LCPC, ATR Summer may have ended, but Disney’s summer release Luca continues to play on repeat in my home. Like many...

What's Causing the Sexual Dry Spell in your Marriage?

By Hannah Slattery, LPC Just to preface, this blog is about sex, the sometimes uncomfortable, taboo subject that most people turn away...

Commemorating 6.19 & Coping with Racial Trauma

By Amanda Lamorte, LCSW *Content adapted from "The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth" article published by the Smithsonian National Museum...

Dance your Heart Out!

By Hannah Slattery, LPC We all know that exercising is good for us, but sometimes intentionally getting a work out in is easier said than...