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Scroll down to find resources and ways to support disability advocacy initiatives! 🤓 Learn More: Exceptional Children's Assistance Center Children's Law Center of Central NC Medicaid Matters 10 Things You Should Learn About the ADA The Arc of the United States [Video transcript here] Happy ADA Day! Today marks the 36th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which took place on July 26th, 1990. I’m Chase from Redfish Counseling, and I’d like to tal

Therapy is less about something being "wrong" with you and more about recognizing when extra support could help you through a challenging time and prepare for future difficult periods. So how do you know when it might be time to start?

Making the decision to begin therapy is not an easy one. You have to be willing to allow yourself to be vulnerable in front of a stranger and talk about things that are creating challenges in your life while also taking a deeper look into yourself.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This subject can bring up a myriad of complex associations and emotions for people. In our work as therapists, we know that clients who’ve experienced sexual assault have immensely personal ways of processing both their experience of assault and their journey of healing.

Through reading, children can better understand themselves and those around them, fostering empathy and understanding for both themselves and others. Since April is Autism Acceptance Month, I wanted to highlight some children’s literature that celebrates neurodiversity.

At its most basic form, stress is mental, emotional, or physical strain or tension—a sense of being weighed down in an extremely adverse or uncomfortable situation. This definition doesn’t really seem to cover how stress truly impacts us, so let’s dive deeper.

While February is widely known as the month of love, it also serves as Eating Disorder Awareness Month, with Feb 23–Mar 1 set aside as a week solely dedicated to increasing visibility of these serious mental health conditions.

Unbeknownst to some, January is National Stalking Awareness Month—an effort to spotlight a deleterious form of victimization that is often overlooked, dismissed, or even romanticized in the media.