Whether it’s your own self talk, or even unwarranted advice from others about the holidays. The perception to be ‘happy’ during the holiday season is a misconstrued one. Society has built the holidays as ‘meant to be cheerful’, but what is behind some of those happy faces that you are seeing?

You know that first random day in March where it is 60 degrees and us Ohioans are out barbecuing and feeling euphoric? Well, that’s months away again.

Happy Veterans Day and Thank You to all of you who have served. Today, we celebrate Veterans on this special day.

Each year on Veterans Day, we commemorate and celebrate America’s Veterans for their patriotism and willingness to serve and sacrifice for our freedom.

No matter what it is, childhood trauma, adulthood trauma, post or prenatal trauma, grief, and the list goes on, healing is hard. There is no “How to Heal from Trauma for Dummies” book. However; if there was, boy, would my job be easy.

Focus on infant mental health and the perinatal period is crucial for many reasons. For one, this is the foundation of healthy attachment and mental health development.

Couples counseling gets a bad rap. The movie, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” opening scene is a couples session, their first session. It felt awkward, clunky and unauthentic.

EMDR therapy is a type of therapy that works directly with the brain. EMDR stands for Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

When I sat down to write this, I was so overwhelmed with direction and the purpose of this. Then my thought was, “Well, if I feel like this, I wonder how others feel?” That’s when I decided I wanted this post to be informational and broken down in a way that removes the big scary from PTSD.

“Um, I do drink red wine, but I also drink white wine. And I’ve been known to sample the occasional rosé.”