In honor of International Women's Day, I wanted to take this week to talk about mental disorders that disproportionally affect women. Some of these are I will bring forth in further blogs include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Body Dysmorphia. Due to societal norms and gender norms, different disorders tend to be more prevalent in certain groups....[ read more ]

To wrap up our final blog post of this week I have found a website with many resources on Gaslighting. It ranges from what gaslighting is, spotting in relationships and even the workplace, and what to do if you find yourself in a situation where you believe you are being gaslighted. If you have not already. take some time to...[ read more ]

This week our focus is on Gaslighting. Gaslighting as defined in our first blog post of this series is defined as “a form of psychological abuse where a person or group makes someone question their sanity, perception of reality, or memories. People experiencing gaslighting often feel confused, anxious, and unable to trust themselves (medicalnewstoday.com).” The response to our first blog...[ read more ]

Gaslighting is defined as “a form of psychological abuse where a person or group makes someone question their sanity, perception of reality, or memories. People experiencing gaslighting often feel confused, anxious, and unable to trust themselves (medicalnewstoday.com).” If you feel that you are possibly getting gaslighted Dr.Stephanie A. Sarkis has shared 11 warning signs of gaslighting. The goal of this...[ read more ]

In the last first two parts of the "Forms of Self Care" series we focused on what self-care is, why is it important, and why we should practice different types of self-care in addition to the commonly practiced ones. Below is a simplified version of what was highlighted in the previous blog post from the web blog page Tulip and...[ read more ]

 In the previous blog post, I talked about 3 different forms of self-care. My goal was to begin a dialogue on popular types of self-care, but also other types that we tend to let sit on the back burner. If you did not see the first blog please feel free to go back and take a look however, I will...[ read more ]

Self- Care is defined as a needed human regulatory function. It is something that we as humans do to create what I would call mental health homeostasis. However, when most people hear self-care they feel that it may only include taking bubble baths or doing mediation which it is that but there are many different types and forms of self-care...[ read more ]

To end this week's blog post series in honor of Black History Month I wanted to provide links to different organizations for Black and African-American Communities. Organizations and Directories BEAM, Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective: External link  organization with information on mental health training, toolkits and a directory of licensed Black therapists External link  who can provide online services. Black Mental Health Alliance: External link  organization...[ read more ]

This week I wanted to focus on mental health in the Black and African-American Community (and other minority groups) in honor of Black History Month. In this blog post, I focus on an article by Amy Morin a Licensed Clinical Social Worker on Verywell Mind. The article was entitled Exploring the Mental Health Stigma in Black Communities. There are multiple...[ read more ]

February is Black history month. As an African-American female, I feel that it is important to highlight, especially in this month, the realities of mental health in the Black and African American communities. For many of those who identify as black and many other minority groups for that matter, there is a lot of stigmas surrounding mental health, counseling, and...[ read more ]