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Together, We are Stronger: Remembering the Stonewall Riots
By: Michael Toohey, Psy.D. | August 23, 2019
This year, the LGBTQ+ community celebrated the golden 50th anniversary of the riots that marked the start of the modern LGBTQ+ movement. The riots occurred in the early hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York City. Three women of color, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Stormé […]
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
By: Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | August 16, 2019
“What’s Love Got to Do With It” by Tina Turner (1984) was, and still is, one of the most iconic female ballads. What’s surprising about the catchy, upbeat tune is that it’s actually an anti-love song about a woman who feels no emotional attachments to her lover. She wants him to know that love has […]
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Therapy Changes Welcomes Dr. Natalie Rice-Thorp!
By: Natalie Rice-Thorp, Ph.D. | August 9, 2019
Hi! I’m Dr. Rice-Thorp and I am excited to join the Therapy Changes team. I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds in the treatment of trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I am passionate about helping clients reclaim their lives following traumatic events […]
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There’s an App for That!
By: Rochelle Perper, Ph.D. | July 25, 2019
How mindfulness apps can help and which ones to try How many of you have heard of the benefits of meditation and mindfulness? How many of you have heard of the benefits but don’t know what to do or where to start? Good news – there’s an app for that! “App,” an abbreviation for “application,” […]
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Therapy Changes Welcomes Dr. Kamaljit “Sonya” Virdi
By: Kamaljit "Sonya" Virdi, Ph.D. | July 12, 2019
I am so excited to join Therapy Changes and to have the opportunity to work with the clients we serve. I love being a psychologist, helping others, and feel so privileged to journey with clients as they navigate the most difficult chapters in their lives. As a South Asian American woman, I grew up in […]
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Music for Mental Health
By: Jen McWaters, Psy.D. | July 5, 2019
Music is an integral part of our culture, history, and daily lives. It provides the backdrop to our favorite movies, our significant life events, and our most vivid memories. Hearing a song can nostalgically bring you back to the first time you heard it and who you were with. It can also evoke painful emotions […]
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“Failing” to Succeed
By: Other | July 1, 2019
Written by John Mark Krejci, Ph.D. Experts say it takes about 10 years to master a skill. Given that, I have gained relative expertise in the field of psychology, but in the sport of kiteboarding, it took ten years for me to be a total beginner! If you don’t know this sport by name, you […]
Read MoreAnxiety, Grief, Personal Improvement, Relationships, Substance Abuse
The Alphabet Soup of Sexual and Gender Diversity
By: Michael Toohey, Psy.D. | May 24, 2019
In 1969, after the Stonewall Riots — the violent demonstrations by gay community members in response to a New York City police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village — did men and women in sexual minorities become vocal and active in defining themselves. ‘Gay’ was the first all-encompassing term. It applied to anyone […]
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The 10 Myths of Sleep
By: Other | May 3, 2019
Written by Haim Shemer, Psy.D. Are you sleepless in San Diego? Does the mystery of falling fast to sleep keep you up at night? That sleep plays a critical role in our daily functioning is an undisputed fact. Giving sleep the attention it deserves constitutes a major contribution to overall mental and physical health. Many […]
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Why is Self-Care So Important?
By: Other | April 19, 2019
Written by Paul Paris, Ph.D. Forgetting to take care of ourselves, be it physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually, is easy to do. In periods of preoccupation, our increased responsibility or stress often puts our healthy behaviors “on the back burner” while we focus on more pressing matters. Research, in fact, shows that lowering or neglecting […]
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