Coping With Grief During the Holidays
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT Depending on where you are along your grief journey you will most likely notice yourself thinking more and thus missing your deceased loved one during the holidays. It is also natural for us to reflect on those we’ve lost, even if it has been...
Can Postpartum Depression Resemble Birth Trauma?
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT and Joey Tadie, PhD We get a lot of postpartum mothers at the Catalyst Center that come in either with an official postpartum depression diagnosis, or with concerns that they might have this condition. This form of depression is unique from...
Giving Birth by Cesarean: Honoring the Experience
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT This is topic that is very near and dear to my heart. Pregnancy and birth have many mentionable aspects, but the specific part I want to focus on is the importance of the language we use surrounding cesarean birth. When women give birth by...