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Christopher L. Straley, LICSW, CGP
- Jun 5, 2018
- 3 min
Pride Revisited
As I was reflecting on the upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride event in DC, Capital Pride, I thought back to some of last year’s events and messaging. ...
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Kimberly Harrell LPC, NCC, ACS
- Apr 30, 2018
- 2 min
5 Things To Consider When Blending Families with Same Sex Parents
Being a single parent is not easy. When it comes to dating as a single parent, the struggle is real. So, the day that you find yourself...
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R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil
- Jan 28, 2018
- 3 min
#MeToo and the Shame Codex
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg recently gave her opinion on a very modern yet age-old issue. "Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment...
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Maria del Carmen Puig-Casauranc
- Nov 20, 2017
- 3 min
Change Your Focus, Change Your Life
A professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise exam. They all waited anxiously at their desks for th...
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R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil
- Sep 18, 2017
- 4 min
Silenced
THE SHAME CODEX - A series of articles for individuals, families and clinicians who are working with abuse. ----- Survivors of extreme a...
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Jane Whitaker, LCSW
- Aug 21, 2017
- 4 min
On Visiting Ourselves
Do you make regular visits to yourself? -Rumi As a psychotherapist I believe it is a good idea to explore our inner terrain and all the ...
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Christopher L. Straley, LICSW, CGP
- Jun 6, 2017
- 3 min
Celebrating Pride
Pride is the awareness of your own dignity, self-esteem, self-worth, and the experience of pleasure at the achievements of oneself and th...
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Grace Riddell, LICSW, LCSW-C
- May 1, 2017
- 4 min
"Looking for Love...in All The Wrong Places?"
ARE YOU A LOVE ADDICT? IS LOVE YOUR DRUG? Jim is a 35 y.o. gay man who began psychotherapy because of difficulty finding a man and “settl...
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Joan Bellsey, LICSW, CAC (she, her, hers)
- Apr 3, 2017
- 4 min
What's In A Name? A LOT!
All I know is, one day I felt like I was left out of the Gay club. You too? You thought you knew who you were - Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and ...
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R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil
- Mar 8, 2017
- 3 min
THE SHAME CODEX
I work with the long-term wounded every day in my job as a psychotherapist; one of my clients described herself as “the walking dead.” Now...
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Sid Binks, PhD, ABPP-CN
- Feb 1, 2017
- 2 min
Hope & Change
Many folks entering therapy come with hope for change while others come without hope or with hope dashed and little ability to imagine ch...
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Maria del Carmen Puig-Casauranc
- Feb 11, 2016
- 4 min
You Have Always Known You Were "Different"
It feels like it has been since forever, that you knew you were “different” even though you did not really know for a long time what that...
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R. Jane Gould, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW, MSW, M Phil
- Jan 10, 2016
- 3 min
The Hero's Journey and Finding Home:
Gender Transition in the Digital Age
Each one of us is a hero on our own life journey, whether we are male or female, whether or not we bring home the Golden Fleece. We have...
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