Anxiety: Symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
Anxiety feels like a state of dread or worry. All of us experience this in small doses which is a normal stress response. It serves a purpose to help us find that extra push for an upcoming situation that can be stressful like a big exam or a wedding.
Mental Health Tip of the Week: Going No-Contact.
Going no-contact. Completely detach yourself from the person and the individual(s) they bring into your life who are toxic, negative, emotionally immature, and complicit in the harmful and disruptive drama.
The X-Podcast: real conversations about mental health
Our mission is to teach our community listeners about mental health through psychoeducation and to inspire them through social change.
Acculturation and Mental Health
Acculturation is experienced when a culture tries to adopt the ideas and customs of a different culture that is not its own. This process involves adopting and learning the values, traditions, and behaviors of other societies or groups different than theirs. This often occurs when an individual moves to a new country and tries to adopt the customs of their new environment. It also occurs when a country is colonized by another country and adopts the customs of the colonizing country.
Mental Health Tip: When Dealing with Online Harassment
There are several reasons why harassment might appeal to those who do it. First, it's possible that the harasser never learned how to manage his or her emotions. So when they see something that ticks them off online, they lash out to deal with those feelings.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is Clinical Depression
MDD is clinical depression and is considered a mental health condition. In addition to a depressed mood and loss of interest, it affects appetite and the ability to think clearly. It is a chronic condition and usually occurs in episodes that can last a few weeks, months, or more, some people experience several episodes in their lifetime.
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The X-Podcast: Real Conversations About Mental Health
Meet Xiomara A. Sosa
Clinical Mental Health Counselor Xiomara A. Sosa, a holistic, integrative board-certified Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) focuses on combining evidence-based treatment with alternative therapies.
Counseling and Therapy for Diverse women
If you are seeking mental health services or support we are here to help you. We offer counseling and therapy for diverse women: cisgender, transgender, non-binary, and woman/feminine identified people. We are culturally competent in serving the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Support your mental health during the holidays
As you navigate this holiday season, please remember that feelings of stress, sadness, loneliness, grief, among many other emotions are normal in our society.
Mental health for diverse women
We help diverse women who struggle with Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Gender Dysphoria and Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders heal their pain and suffering.
About Summerville Women’s Mental Health Studio
We started providing our mental health services with one goal in mind: to help diverse women (cisgender, transgender, non-binary and woman/feminine identified) with their healing and well-being journey towards good mental health.
When to Switch Your Therapist
In this episode our host and co-hosts discuss some of the reasons you might want to consider switching your therapist.
The discussion covers this rarely talked about issue and makes an effort to clarify and provide important tips about it.
Co-host Lisa Early leads the conversation with hosts Xiomara A. Sosa. She provides tips on how to recognize the signs of when it might be time to switch your therapist and advise on how to go about doing so. They also provide resources and references to check out.