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Each person who experiences trauma develops a different way to cope with what happened to them. Some of those coping mechanisms are...

Mental health treatment, as many of us know, can be incredibly expensive, even if you have insurance. More and more people are seeking...

After a year of lockdowns, restrictions, and limited gatherings, social settings are opening back up and public events are growing...

In 1949, the Mental Health America organization established May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Back then, no one talked about mental...

When you undergo a trauma of any kind, there are often residual effects that can impact your life for weeks, months, or even years. When...

Most months, I do a column on helping or supporting someone else when they are dealing with an invisible illness or other struggle. As...

Loving someone with PTSD can be a frustrating, difficult rollercoaster. Trauma does a number on the brain, affecting trust, anxiety, and...

Expectations. Joan Didion once said, “To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great,...

This holiday season will be unlike any we’ve ever had before, because of ongoing quarantines and social distancing. For someone with...

Give your heart time to grieve the change in your life, and give yourself a lot of slack, instead of pressure.