Mental Health Blog

I feel frustrated when people dismiss lesser well-known disordered eating behaviours. My experience has led me to very confidently believe,...

How often have you heard someone describing their family and either talking about a sibling…

Those of us granted life have to face the loss of the most profound of all our relationships. The relationship a person has with a parent, a...

…as we get older, we stop playing. We feel the need to be productive or we feel so tired from our productive lives that we pursue mindless w...

Anna, a 35-year old, slim, petite and attractive brunette woman from Miami Beach had been…

Every once in a while, important insights for my known world reveal themselves from the most unusual of places. My recent trip to the Far Ea...

By tackling pieces of your recovery to tackle that are ever-so-small, you ensure your success; this will build greater self-confidence and f...

Finding meaning, creating purpose, and gaining control is a recipe that results in greater resilience and fuller recovery.

Have you come out of a relationship recently where you feel like banging your head against a wall because yet again you’ve dated someone who...

Being too busy is a dis-ease of modern society

No one wants to live with a feeling that disaster can strike at any time….

In building muscle, you will literally build your container to bear it all. When your container is fortified, recovery will be easier.

Autumn is the season of change. I grew up in the Midwest, Chicago. First there…

If you feel ashamed in relation to any part of your trauma, you deserve to connect with others and experience the relief that comes with dis...

Forgive yourself for not having foreseen, protected, or responded more effectively during the trauma.

While extremely distressing, flashbacks are actually memories. Registering what is a memory, and what is happening now, is essential.

You can help your brain register that you survived — you are here — to find more stability and presence in your daily life.

In trauma recovery, being mindful of your personal gauge will inform you what’s helpful, what is not, what soothes, what activates, what fee...

As a clinical social worker and therapist for over 30 years and having myself been a caregiver for over 10 years, I have observed that careg...

Micki Lavin-Pell, is a marriage and family therapist of 15+ years, married to Gaby Pell for nearly 18 years +4 kids. She specializes in help...