October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Many parents feel very silenced and isolated in their loss, but the likelihood that you know someone who has lost a pregnancy or infant is quite high. Paradoxically, our society tends to ostracize the...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret that likely won’t come as a complete shock to you—We therapists are sometimes just as avoidant as everyone else when it comes to our own stuff. For as long as I can remember, I have been terrified of spiders. And for as long...
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT It is a common belief that no loss is as hard as losing a child. It is therefore interesting that we do such a poor job in supporting parents who have lost a pregnancy or an infant. Paradoxically, the losses that we as a society are most phobic...
By Kendra Doukas, LMFT It is a common belief that no loss is as hard as losing a child. It is therefore interesting that we do such a poor job in supporting parents who have lost a pregnancy or an infant. Paradoxically, the losses that we as a society are most phobic...
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...
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...