by Karmen Thulin | Sep 24, 2018 | All Posts, Karmen Thulin, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
By Karmen Thulin, PsyD If you are on the internet as a new mom, you’ve almost definitely witnessed it or felt its searing burn – mom shaming. It is that comment often housed in the phrase, “I just couldn’t do that to my baby.” Mom shaming cuts right to the heart of...
by Kendra Doukas | Jan 11, 2018 | All Posts, Anxiety & Depression, Demystifying Therapy, Kendra Doukas, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
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...
by Kendra Doukas | Jan 4, 2018 | All Posts, Kendra Doukas, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
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...
by Joey Tadie | May 15, 2017 | All Posts, Demystifying Therapy, Joey Tadie, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood, Self Care
Remaining Self-Interested By Joey Tadie, PhD Being a father is exhausting (to put it mildly). Nevertheless, I meet many men who feel a tension to “not be selfish” and thus deny themselves the self-care that is necessary to survive the journey of...
by Joey Tadie | Nov 17, 2016 | All Posts, Family Dynamics, Joey Tadie, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
At the Catalyst Center we practice Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment, a well-researched, individualized approach to assessment that has been shown to be beneficial to those who participate in it. We use assessment as an opportunity for brief treatment geared...
by Joey Tadie | Nov 9, 2016 | All Posts, Family Dynamics, Joey Tadie, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
At the Catalyst Center we practice Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment, a well-researched, individualized approach to assessment that has been shown to be beneficial to those who participate in it. We use assessment as an opportunity for brief treatment geared...
