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Going to therapy does not make you ungrateful by Robyn Tamanaha, LMFT

September 18, 2020 by Robyn

For some people, going to therapy clashes with the concern of not wanting to come off as “ungrateful.” The experience You might be newly realizing, or perhaps have known for a long time, that you are experiencing distress. The experiences of overwhelm, burnout, or fatigue can accumulate over time to the point where it just hits you all of a sudden. Or, maybe you’ve been trying to suppress or contain what you’ve been feeling for a while, and now it’s become too much to bear. These scenarios ...read more

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How Does Talk Therapy Help If I’m Not Used to Talking About My Problems? By Robyn Tamanaha

March 11, 2020 by Robyn

It’s not uncommon to feel hesitant about going to therapy. Rarely, if ever, are we called to go into a place in which we will talk with a stranger about our difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences. If you’re not used to discussing your struggles, then you might be even more hesitant to reach out for therapy. For some, this hesitancy is due internal factors; for others, it might be influenced by past experiences. There could be many different reasons why an individual would be ...read more

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Home for the Holidays: Seeing Family After You’ve Moved Out by Robyn Tamanaha, LMFT

December 13, 2019 by Robyn

For individuals who experienced difficulties with their immediate family members or grew up in a stressful household, moving out or away from the family may feel like a new beginning or be a source of relief. Moved Out or Away During the time that the individual lived apart from their family, they may have noticed that: Removing themselves from the living environment led to less stress overall Creating a new way of life has led to a sense of “calm” Feeling proud of being able to ...read more

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The Asian American Catch 22: Depression and Feeling Like It’s Not as Bad as What Your Parents Went Through by Robyn Tamanaha, LMFT

December 6, 2019 by Robyn

Asian Americans who live with depression and other mental illnesses may feel the need to diminish their own symptoms or feel in conflict about the validity of their mental illness when thinking about the struggle and hardship that their parents and elders went through. There are many different struggles and hardships that their parents and elders could have experienced, such as leaving their family and immigrating to the United States or working consistently to make ends meet for the family in ...read more

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