mental health problems

You’ve booked your first therapy session. Now you’re wondering what you actually signed up for. Will you have to share your deepest trauma right away? Lie on a couch? Have topics prepared? The reality is that your first session is mostly about gathering information and getting to know each other….

In western culture, men are expected to be stoic providers—individuals who are valued for what they offer society, first and foremost. They have also been traditionally valued based on their physical strength and mental toughness, without a tendency to show softer emotions.  Although recent years have seen this outdated perspective…

Relationship stigma from loved ones is linked to mental health issues. This, from a Pace University study that analyzed 467 adults in same-sex and/or interracial relationships. The team found that relationship stigma from friends was linked to greater depression symptoms and, in turn, poor overall health. Also, relationship stigma from…