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Racism and Racial Trauma are Public Health Emergencies
Racial Trauma is a form of race-based stress that is similar to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).This term refers to persons' of color (POCs) reaction to dangerous events such as unjust murders of black people by cops or white supremacists. #GeorgeFloyd #AhmaudArbery #BreonnaTaylor It also includes real and perceived experiences of race based discrimination. These events include threats of violence or harm such as Amy Cooper’s false police call in an attempt to incrimina
Racism and Racial Trauma are Public Health Emergencies
Racial Trauma is a form of race-based stress that is similar to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).This term refers to persons' of color (POCs) reaction to dangerous events such as unjust murders of black people by cops or white supremacists. #GeorgeFloyd #AhmaudArbery #BreonnaTaylor It also includes real and perceived experiences of race based discrimination. These events include threats of violence or harm such as Amy Cooper’s false police call in an attempt to incrimina
Happy Memorial Day!
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all of the service members that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Many historians believe that Memorial Day was initially celebrated to honor the approximately 620,000 soldiers that died during America’s deadliest war, The Civil War. This initial commemoration has roots right here in South Carolina. According to Pulitzer prize winning historian, David Blight, freed slaves and white missionaries in Charleston, SC organized a memorial
Memorial Day Black History
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all of the service members that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Many historians believe that Memorial Day was initially celebrated to honor the approximately 620,000 soldiers that died during America’s deadliest war, The Civil War. This initial commemoration has roots right here in South Carolina. According to Pulitzer prize winning historian, David Blight, freed slaves and white missionaries in Charleston, SC organized a memorial
DBT Distress Tolerance Skills
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is one of my favorite modalities. I love that it incorporates mindfulness and mind-body approaches...
Conflict Resolution
While quarantine can be a great opportunity to spend additional time sheltering in with loved ones, it can also lead to conflict. Understanding your triggers is a key part to conflict resolution. Identifying triggers can help you self-soothe during and after a conflict. Sharing your triggers with the other party involved with the conflict can help you better understand each other and promote healing and better conflict management in the future.
Be gentle with each other. P
CoronaVirus and Depression
Is the Coronavirus Pandemic activating these triggers and symptoms of depression for you? This is to be expected and should be normalized.
The graphic below includes Tools to Thrive if you are experiencing these symptoms and triggers. If you are experiencing an emotional crisis, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has crisis counselors available by phone and text.
Stay tuned for more resources to help you thrive during #COVID19
May is Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month! This year's theme is Tools to Thrive. Mental Health America is offering great tools such as the graphic below about toxic influences. Visit their website to learn more about identifying toxic influences and how to eliminate them. I identify toxic influences by listening to my body’s signals. If I feel anxious around someone or that I cannot fully be myself then I know something is off. Also, if I feel drained or bad about myself after being aroun
