As half of the year has passed, we can sincerely reflect that 2020 has ushered in a new decade of parallel accounts of two urgent crises. Affecting our own nation’s dialogue, we have witnessed widespread agonizing activity in many [...]
What is the correct way to respond during a pandemic? Is there necessarily a “right” way to respond? What should we be feeling? What should, what should, what should – this has probably become a very familiar phrase by [...]
With the current COVID-19 pandemic, many teens are experiencing overwhelm and a more acute state of stress. High schools can be a wonderful learning environment for experiencing new challenges, rigorous academic curricula, and well-equipped staff that assist in [...]
Please read Part I here. No longer neglected as part of the human condition and family of experiences, shame is now being termed as the Master Emotion. Truly a juggernaut of personal and interpersonal affects within culture, shame carries [...]
Please read Part 1 here. Overcoming negative thoughts and emotions of a trauma narrative are linked to deliberately, repeatedly, and gradually revisiting the painful, upsetting, and oftentimes distressing memories associated with the trauma. A new conceptual framework for [...]
As we move into fall and winter the days are getting shorter, the temperature is getting colder and people find themselves spending more time inside. Ask yourself a few questions; do you start to feel more tired around [...]