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Chronic Pain & Mental Illness: Recognizing Invisible Disabilities this Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! This week, we're digging into some common but often invisible disabilities that often go overlooked: mental illness and chronic pain. The history of honoring Disability Pride goes back to July 26, 1990, when the Americans with...
Abortion Rights are a Mental Health Issue
We're a couple of weeks into the post-Roe era, and I'm still feeling intense grief, rage, and a deep sense of betrayal. A similar feeling that many of my clients and colleagues have shared with me in their own stories recently. There's a long tradition in psychology...
How to Use Out-Of-Network Benefits for Therapy
Out-of-network insurance benefits can help make therapy more affordable. Unfortunately, new therapy clients sometimes find the process of accessing them confusing or intimidating. (Blame our confusing and intimidating healthcare system!) We're put together this handy...
When it’s not just burnout: Recognizing trauma in the workplace
When workplace trauma happens, it's often hard to recognize for what it is. But workplace mental health problems can go beyond stress and burnout. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with professional women, it's become increasingly apparent to me...
Ask a Therapist: How Do I Make Friends As An Adult?
Making friends as an adult is hard. People are busy with work and families, and maybe it seems like everyone already around you already has their friend group locked down. If that sounds like you, you're not alone. As a psychologist, I talk to so many women who really...
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