Reasons Why Moms Need to Put Their Mental Health First
Moms have to deal with a long list of priorities: from household bills, to their children's schooling, dinner plans, managing full-time or part-time jobs, and much more. Rarely is their own welfare a part of this list, however — and that's despite consistent evidence that mothers are among those who struggle the most with poor mental health. Research in Global Women's Health found that depression and anxiety affect one in seven women during the perinatal period, and the numbers continue for experienced mothers. Leading studies reveal that this can have long-term consequences on their quality of life. Keep reading for a closer look on why mental health needs to be a mother’s priority.
- Jada Simmons
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Why Meditation is Difficult When You Are Depressed, and What to Try Instead
Why is meditation so hard to focus on when you are feeling numbed out or falling into a depressive spiral? Read on for answer to this burning question!
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Guilty All The Time? Knowing the Difference Between Earned & Unearned Guilt
Crippled with a feeling of guilt over every little thing? Want to set a boundary but feel like you can’t? Let’s talk about unearned guilt. Read on!
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School is Fast Approaching: Navigating A Life Transition & The Nerves that Come With It
Struggling with a major life transition? Read on to learn how to manage these complex feelings of overwhelm!
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Get To Know Your Therapist: Miles Chinnachart Poola-or
Get to know Repose clinician practitioner, Miles Chinnachart Pool-or, through this Q&A style interview.
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Constantly Checking On Your Baby? Here's What Might be Going On.
Nothing shakes your mind, body, and heart like bringing a human into this world. What's more, you've been charged with protecting a new life in today's world that, to many, feels like it's off its axis. Sounds like you? Read more here.
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Caring For Someone You Love That Has Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder can lead someone to feel as though they are on a roller coaster of emotions that they didn’t voluntarily pay an admission ticket to ride. Their desire to get off the ride is ever-present, but feels completely out of their control. The varied emotions one can experience that is diagnosed with bipolar disorder can place them in positions of feeling different, misunderstood, confused, scared, frustrated and alienated. Click here to read on.
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Navigating Trauma in the Modern World: Can Watching Distressing News Elicit a Trauma Response?
Unfortunately, with the ever changing tumultuality of 2020-2022, frequent consumption of the news has become the norm. Although in the past one would say that this was a “necessary evil” to build social awareness, many these days are noticing internal shifts that feel unshakeable. Why? Because daily consumption of traumatic or distressing content news or content can elicit a trauma response. What is this trauma response? It is called “vicarious trauma”.
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Social Anxiety in Teens: What it is and How to Cope
Social anxiety is irrational and excessive fear and stress around social situations and social interactions. Teens are especially susceptible to experiencing social anxiety as they navigate the social pressures and developmental stages of adolescence. If you or your teenager are struggling with social anxiety, therapy at Repose can help.
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Managing Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Teens & Adults
Are you experiencing emotions in a way that feels extreme? Do you feel like you move through your emotions quickly? Is it easy to love and hate someone or something in the same breath? Do you feel like you’re losing control of your emotions? If so, Dialectical Behavior Therapy might be for you.
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Experiential Therapy: Understanding Repose Studio
Do you feel like you sometimes struggle to express your emotions through words? Do you feel like even after verbalizing your emotions your body continues to feel heavy and burdened by your feelings? If this sounds like you, read on.
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Healing From Trauma Through Dance Therapy
Here you will learn a little more about the efficacious nature of dance movement therapy in healing trauma that lives in the body. Click here to read more.
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How to Deal with Emotional Overwhelm and Work Burnout
Burnout is a feeling of emotional, physical and psychological exhaustion which can manifest as apathy about work, lack of motivation, diminished performance, exhaustion, and physical symptoms. Burnout is caused by prolonged and excessive stress brought on by working prolonged hours or under stressful conditions like strict bosses. Click here to read on.
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Cancellation & Reschedule Policies Within the Therapeutic Space
If you are someone that has been on a mental health journey for any amount of time now, you may have come by what is called a “cancellation policy”. If this is your first entry point into the mental health world - then welcome! We hope this journal serves to be informative for you as you embark on this journey. Click here to read on.
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Life After Infidelity: Healing the Wounds of Unfaithfulness
Partnership- a commitment to one another, whether through marriage, a civil union, or a long-term relationship. A partnership bound by love is one of life's greatest joys, to be witnessed through the eyes of another, to be cared for, and to be chosen every single day. But what happens when that partnership finds a rupture; when one partner has been unfaithful?
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Understanding Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD
This blog details the basics of ExRP and its efficacy in the treatment of OCD. Click here to learn more.
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General Terms That Therapists Use and What They Really Mean
Therapeutic spaces can have their own language. You might be familiar with some of these terms or they might be new to you. This blog details some some general terms or phrases that our therapists use in practice and what they mean.
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Therapy for Teens & Therapy for Parents at Repose
Here we detail common struggles faced by teenagers, and parents; how these struggles may show up in their day to day lives; statistics on the prevalence of mental health issues amongst teens and parents and supports that may be available to them.
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Maternal Mental Health at Repose Therapy
Here we detail what perinatal wellness is, risk factors for developing a perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, supports available to you, and more.
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Setting Boundaries: What does that really mean?
The phrase “setting boundaries” has become a ubiquitous part of our mainstream culture: personal conversations, professional relationships, and social media are all rife with the idea that “boundaries” must be set, but there is still confusion over what this actually means and how to set boundaries effectively. Most of us probably believe that “setting boundaries” looks like saying no and/or protecting our energy, and while this is sometimes true, it doesn’t reflect the whole picture. Learn more.
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