Check out this blog post about couples and relationship therapy, and how it can help you and your partner(s).

Here’s an existential take on and a reimagining of addiction from a more relational perspective by the School of Life. This is an important base for understanding in therapy in working with addiction in a way that promotes healing.

Here is what the therapeutic process looks like.

A great summation of a few different approaches to therapy and how what actually predict the outcome of any therapy is not the technique— but the relationship. Without a strong and supportive relationship, positive outcomes for therapy do not occur. When choosing your therapist, make sure that it is a good fit, and understand that the school of thought or discipline does not ultimately matter. It’s all about the relationship in the end.

This is an introduction into what relational psychodynamic therapy is, and what this style of therapy looks like— and what kind of transformation one can expect as a patient.

Here is some information on ADHD, some myths about it, and how it impacts a person throughout life. Watch this to learn more about the impacts of ADHD on mental health, and the importance of what to work on in therapy if you have ADHD.

Here is a piece on acceptance, and it’s importance in our lives and in therapy.

Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, the new album from Kendrick Lamar is out, and is a work of transformation and healing. Much of Kendrick’s work discusses the intergenerational trauma and collective oppression of black Americans in the United States, and his personal struggles with mental health and individual trauma. Though he is recognized for his talent at making incredibly stunning music and works of art– his message of his music often goes unheard. As both a therapist and a musician, I thought it important to shine the spotlight on some of the themes of his new album and how his music truly is poetry of life.

Check out this new episode from the podcast This Jungian Life, where they explore poison in symbolic and psychological terms, and how it can both harm and protect us. This has great relevance and significance in the work of psychotherapy and existential therapy.

Check out this amazing interview with Galit Atlas, author of the new book on intergenerational trauma, Emotional Inheritance.

Check out The School of Life’s new video on how to overcome OCD. Through therapy, emotional support, and the desire to look within— one can overcome and be free of OCD.

Check out my review of this incredible book.— a definite must-read!

https://lauriesantos.bulletin.com/it-won-t-hurt-as-much-as-you-think-how-we-re-bad-at-predicting-pain-and-pleasure/

Here is a great resource on the research behind loneliness and how it impacts mental health and wellness. Loneliness does not just impact our mental health, as it also has physical consequences. This episode of the podcast Hidden Brain discusses these impacts. This is an issue worth addressing in therapy, if you suffer from a sense of chronic loneliness, or feeling alone in th world.

Here’s a great video discussion on why sitting in our feelings is important, and not just thinking through our problems and issues. Emotions matter, and overthinking gets us nowhere.

Here is a blog on loneliness and its effects on a person.

Check out this new episode from This Jungian Life on answering the call to vocation. The work of therapy was my calling, and I hope that you find yours if you have yet to.

A great resource for those who are caught in the throws of despair and thinking about killing themselves. You do not have to face this alone. This is a special niche and focus for my work in therapy. So, if you or anyone you know is struggling with suicidal ideation— please don’t hesitate to reach out for help.

Come join us at this upcoming presentation and panel on mental health and art at the 40th annual conference for the Glass Arts Society.

3:30-5:00pm | MENTAL HEALTH PANEL: Judy Ko, James Nole, Danie Nitardy | GTCC, Ballroom C

Art and Mental Health | Emotion gives us motion, art gives us life. Suffering and meaning find themselves entangled in the creative process and artistic endeavor. While many artists suffer from various mental health struggles-- these struggles can often be left out of the discourse and dialogue. This panel seeks to explore the intersection between mental health issues and art, how they are related, and increase awareness around mental health issues in these spaces.