mental health

It’s more complicated than you think! Working with women (and girls) for almost three decades, I’ve been struck by how many feel...

This article was updated on March 16, 2023. After the attacks on 9/11, I provided Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) services for...

Ironically, it was exactly 3 years ago when a 35-year-old yearbook photo surfaced of (then) Governor Ralph Northam in blackface. To make...

Listening to Simone Biles at Tuesday’s press conference, I was impressed by how comfortable she appeared with her decision. Let’s be...

de•es•ca•late [de-es-kuh-leyt] verb (with or without object), to decrease in intensity, magnitude, etc. As a Social Work Officer at Fort...

Photo credit: SplinterNews.com Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? – Brothers Grimm A boy comes running home...

It truly pains me to watch you everyday make self-defeating decisions, knowing how avoidable they are. What if I told you that you don’t...

You’ve just left a meeting or an evening out with friends. As you’re walking away, you feel a rush of anxiety. Then it shows up: that...

One of the biggest misconceptions about anxiety is that it’s interchangeable with worry. Not so. Anxiety is an emotion . Worrying is a...

After his sterling performance at the 75th Commemoration of D-Day, the news media debated if Trump really meant what he read from the...

Voters, politicians and the press missed signs of mental illness because of social stigma and ignorance Leading up to the 2016...