Upon Angels-Adults Only: Lisbon Wellness Hotel

Upon Angels-Adults Only: Lisbon Wellness Hotel This wellness review details the Upon Angels-Adults Only: Lisbon Wellness Hotel exquisite design, personalized services, and diverse guest experiences. Ideal for therapists and creative artists seeking a peaceful retreat or inspiration, Upon Angels offers a haven for the soul that will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. From February [...]

Navigating Commitment Anxiety

In the journey of love and relationships, the fear of commitment can feel like an insurmountable mountain. This article is your compassionate guide, offering deep insights and gentle encouragement to support Navigating Commitment Anxiety. The Path to Love and Healing is illuminated as we explore the roots of commitment anxiety, its telltale signs, and how to navigate [...]

Using Your Voice

Have trouble using your voice or have difficulty saying what you intend to say? Our voice is a massive part of our internal and external growth. The lack of ownership can impact our ability to make decisions, meet our needs, and reach our goals.Consider how your voice taps into your past, present, and future selves. [...]

Art Therapy

Art Therapy Interview: Students Ask Me Questions The work created in art therapy is rooted in the person and everything they decide to share at that moment. Usually, the artwork is built from their unconscious and then manifested in the art. People struggling with trauma may need help understanding their emotions or would like help [...]

Teaching Forgiveness

Teaching forgivness is an underrepresented skill in our culture. This blog is a helpful start to teaching others forgivness. The Different Levels of Forgiveness:  Trait Forgiveness: a constant attitude to forgive (forgiving  across multiple disciplines, occur across a variety of relationships) The expectation in an interpersonal relationship (dyadic forgiveness): forgiving across many offenses in the same relationship (marriage, [...]

Microaggressions in Psychology

I hardly recognized microaggressions in psychology, relationships, or experiences for most of my life - until I gained internal awareness.I felt aggression and underpinned racism weren’t existent in my life. I lived in a predominantly white American neighborhood, and most of my friends were white Americans. This was the life I felt comfortable and safe [...]

Students Experiencing COVID-19

As a Students Experiencing COVID-19, I have noticed a tendency to meet our professors' expectations rather than considering our own. To my understanding, professors are here to teach us the ways of the field. This is one perspective. Do students experiencing Covid-19 know how to ask for what they need? I hope we can adapt [...]

Do Students Need Therapy?

Do students need therapy? All students in graduate programs should be advised to seek therapy to promote individual growth. Always ask yourself why am I doing this? Graduate gatekeepers and practitioners can choose to advertise the pursuit of individual therapy for students. To this point, I believe all students in graduate programs (medical doctors, lawyers, [...]

Using Art to Heal

Using art to heal is a natural process of creative expression. In doing so I allow myself to live in my truth. It has been a difficult transition but also a beautiful journey towards authenticity. I have included an artistic meditative practice in my life to learn how to heal my inner child. I aim [...]

Empathy

How do you view empathy? Where have you drawn your connection to others from? How do you present this in therapy, in the workplace, in the classroom? “Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly [...]