Explore how culturally competent relationship counseling can help Black couples navigate challenges, deepen connection, and heal from the layered impacts of racism, identity, and shared history.
Let’s be real, a lot of us are feeling super stressed right now. During our everyday lives, we handle stress and anxiety in different ways. However, on an anxiety scale of 1-10, a lot of us start around a 2 or a 3 on most days rather than a 6 or a 7. Right now, with the amount of added stressors due to COVID-19, a lot of us feel like our stress and anxiety is closer to a 6 on the regular.
Over the last decade, therapy has become more common and less stigmatized in popular culture. Millennials and Gen Z are talking more openly than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations did about their experiences with depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. This destigmatization has certainly saved lives.
Since the call to social distance began over a month ago, I have been working remotely with a number of my partnered LGBTQIA+ (hereafter queer) patients, most of whom are isolating with their significant others. In some instances, this has been a fairly smooth transition, with both partners
Earth has compelled us into our corners right now, on a time-out, and from there we each have to decide whether to turn left back onto the path we have mindlessly trotted down for years, the path that brought us here, or turn right and chart a new path. Left is the past, and with it a relentless need for more, a comfort in speaking with our thumbs instead of our voices,
Research shows that laughter provides physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual benefits, which can increase resilience. As we approach our fourth week of quarantine and social distancing, it is important to recognize how humor unites people by strengthening our relationships as we navigate the challenges around the pandemic.
In these uncertain times, it is easy to feel intensely anxious and stressed. Will I lose my job? Are grocery stores safe? Will my relationships suffer? What if I get sick? Some find themselves projecting their fears far into the future and assuming the worst.
Regular shame vs. core shame. Everyone experiences shame. It’s the excruciating feeling that signals we fell short of who or what we wanted to be in the eyes of another.
Pain is a given in life. We lose people, become disappointed, and encounter rejection. Yet there is something to be learned in all these situations that makes us stronger.
Pain is a given in life. We lose people, become disappointed, and encounter rejection. Yet there is something to be learned in all these situations that makes us stronger. Unlike pain, which is inevitable
