Tag: depression
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When Grief Has No Easy Answers: Understanding Suicide Loss During Suicide Awareness Month
By Dr. Lizette Solis, PhD, LCPCDr. Solis Therapy & Consulting September is Suicide Awareness Month a time to raise awareness, reduce stigma, encourage honest conversations about suicide, and remind people that support is available. For those who have experienced the suicide of someone they love, awareness can feel deeply personal. Suicide does not affect only…
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Perinatal Mental Health Matters: Why Support for Mothers, Fathers, and Families Cannot Wait
By Dr. Lizette Solis, PhD, LCPC Pregnancy, birth, and the transition into parenthood are often described as joyful milestones. They can be and they can also bring profound physical, emotional, relational, and psychological changes. For some parents, the experience includes anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, trauma symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, overwhelming stress, grief, or changes in mood…
