Read More Published on: 11 Jan 202115 minute read Wellness in a World On Fire: Therapy Tackles Climate ChangePublished on: 11 Jan 2021Written byReina GattusoJan 11, 2021 Illustration by Derek Abella The boy spoke of a crocodile. It was the size of a continent, crawling…
Read More Published on: 18 Nov 20208 minute read Therapy is Political. It’s High Time Therapists Acknowledge This.Published on: 18 Nov 2020Written byReina GattusoNov 18, 2020 Erica Woodland didn’t intend to create a directory of queer and trans therapists of color. He was working…
Read More Published on: 03 Sep 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S6 minute readClinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S The COVID-19 Eviction Wave Is a Mental Health CrisisPublished on: 03 Sep 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-SWritten byReina GattusoSep 03, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S When Chelsea Swift showed up to the crisis call, the man was sobbing. Swift is a counselor and…
Read More Published on: 11 Aug 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R9 minute readClinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R Why You Shouldn’t Call the Police When Someone Is Having a Mental Health CrisisPublished on: 11 Aug 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-RWritten byReina GattusoAug 11, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R Vinnie Cervantes, Organizing Director of the Denver Alliance for Street Health Response, noticed something strange about Denver’s famous…
Read More Published on: 20 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S9 minute readClinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S How To Stay Resilient in the Long-Term Fight For Racial JusticePublished on: 20 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-SWritten byReina GattusoJul 20, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Cynthia V. Catchings LCSW-S “I am my politics,” says Barbara Herring. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the proprietor of Los…
Read More Published on: 04 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD7 minute readClinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD What Do Liberty and Justice Mean?Published on: 04 Jul 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCDWritten byReina GattusoJul 04, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Ashley Ertel, LCSW, BCD Thoughts on wellness and equality on the Fourth of July. The Fourth of July — like most other…
Read More Published on: 09 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW6 minute readClinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW Mental Wellness and The Black Lives Matter MovementPublished on: 09 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSWWritten byReina GattusoJun 09, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW A conversation with therapists from Black women-led community mental wellness group, Sista Afya. “I felt a little guilty…
Read More Published on: 05 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW7 minute readClinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW Black Lives Matter: How White People Can Get Educated and Stay GroundedPublished on: 05 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSWWritten byReina GattusoJun 05, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW As Black Americans’ righteous resistance to racism and police brutality fills social media and the streets, many white…
Read More Published on: 04 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW6 minute readClinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW Black Lives Matter: Mental Health Resources For And By People of ColorPublished on: 04 Jun 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSWWritten byReina GattusoJun 04, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Reshawna Chapple, PhD, LCSW Illustration by Derek Abella Updated on 2/22/2022 Racism has always starkly undergirded American life. While many white Americans…
Read More Published on: 20 Apr 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R6 minute readClinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R 5 Ways to Support Your Community During COVID-19Published on: 20 Apr 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-RWritten byReina GattusoApr 20, 2020Clinically Reviewed by Jill E. Daino, LCSW-R It’s perhaps cliche to say that crisis brings out the deepest human love and solidarity, as well as…