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Happy Mental Health Awareness Month!! 1 in 5 adults experience Mental Illness each year, which is approximately 52.9 million people (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)).  This Statistic is aimed to help people realize that they are not alone, as is Mental Health Awareness Month.  In May, we aim to help those effected by mental Illness and to let...[ read more ]

I often times like to describe one’s Anxiety like a thermometer.  Imagining at the very bottom of the thermometer you’re feeling good or “normal”, with typical day to day functioning.  The very top of the thermometer would be your most anxious moment.  This would typically be a moment of a panic or anxiety attack, or right before one.  Can you...[ read more ]

Trauma can effect ones' body in numerous different ways, and with books such as Kolk's The Body Keeps The Score. There has been a wave of interested individuals wanting to know the overarching effects of trauma on the body. Below is a good  diagram of what it looks like to have experienced something traumatic. As we can see from this diagram trauma...[ read more ]