Thoughts in Mental Health

Depression is common and treatable. It can strike anyone at any age. Consulting with your physician or a licensed mental health provider is the best way to find out if you suffering from depression and the type of depression you might be having. A person with depression can experience a few or many of the followings: Feelings of sadness a...

Many people carry invisible wounds that, when untreated, can impact the quality of their lives. Invisible wounds are often the result of betrayal, abandonment, neglect, and trauma that many people go through. This is different from usual disappointments when life doesn’t go our way or when dealing with the general stressors of life. Invisible wound...

At my most recent check up, a pretty nurse prepared me for the visit. Her fine face was decorated by a dark circle encompassing her eye – almost surely caused by the viscous hand of her “loved one”.  She was obviously deep in her ruins but was valiantly pretending everything’s all right. I was inclined to give her a warm embrace and tell her how mu...

While throwing away trash one day when I was an undergraduate student, I spotted a stack of books by the trash chute.  Being an avid reader, I leafed through some of the books and settled on an aged paperback close to the top of the stack.  Although the pages had discolored with age, I could not help but notice the lack of stress on the cover and i...

Mindfulness for LGBT People By Payam Ghassemlou MFT, Ph.D. Research on the brain has brought our attention to the impact of earlier life experiences on the development of the brain. What occurred in the past can condition our brain to have certain expectations about the future which impacts how we experience our present moment. This raises a c...