Tala Johartchi, Psy.D, Psychological Services

Our work is to become conscious of our own trauma, our own triggers, our own ego fears. THIS allows us to hold space for someone else’s. Is this your love language?

While eliminating coronavirus-related stress can be difficult right now, it can, and should, be managed so you can maintain your mental health and your immunity. Headspace is offering their app for free to help support everyone through this time of crisis. They are offering meditations you can listen to anytime that are part of a larger collection in the Headspace app called Weathering the storm. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling. https://www.headspace.com/covid-19

Profound Findings! Myelination could be a problem that ties all of these autism spectrum disorders together," Maher says. And if that's true, he says, it might be possible to prevent or even reverse the symptoms using drugs that affect myelination. "If we get to these kids really early, we might be able to change their developmental trajectory and improve their outcomes.

How to hold space for children whose parents are struggling with addiction.

Evolvement: when one experiences moments of increased awareness and consciousnesses.

Do you often wonder "Should I go to therapy?" Here are 10 questions to ask yourself if therapy is for you. Scroll down to 7 to see what I share are some good questions to reflect upon before making the commitment.

Had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts in this article for Rewire on the insidious nature of alcoholism, how you can assess if you may have a problem, and what you one can do if you believe you do.

Changing bad habits isn't easy but what if you reframed having to make a change with replacement? Would that change your perception and decrease resistance towards making that change? Find out more about the "Ironic Process Theory" and the neuroscience behind making changes.

As a psychologist who uses attachment theory as a means to conceptualize, explain, and improve relationships, this article puts what can be a complex idea for us to comprehend regarding our own relational patterns/dymanics so nicely. #attachmenttheory #buildinghealthyrelationships #goals

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."- Marianne Williamson

When we blame, we miss our opportunity to experience empathy. Dr. Brene Brown breaks it down.