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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Adults make most of the decisions about a child’s life from where they live, what they eat and when, where they go to school, what clothes they have and much more. Emotional, physical or psychological abuse has hugely detrimental effects on mental health, particularly at formative years of childhood as it may lead to development of cPTSD.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Adults make most of the decisions about a child’s life from where they live, what they eat and when, where they go to school, what clothes they have and much more. Emotional, physical or psychological abuse has hugely detrimental effects on mental health, particularly at formative years of childhood as it may lead to development of cPTSD.

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Stress in the Workplace: most stressful industries

MQ Mental Health

Another study published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology found that the technology and finance industries are particularly stressful due to factors such as long working hours, job insecurity, and high workloads. Both men and women face workplace stress, and those who identify as non-binary or otherwise.

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How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits

Stop Abuse Campaign

Trauma or abuse history or PTSD. If you aren’t comfortable with your therapist, or you don’t feel a connection with them, all of the schooling and technique will be nowhere near as effective as it will be if a professional bond and a sense of rapport are established. . Clinical Psychology PHD Student. Depression.

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Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. LoPresti, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

LoPresti , licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. in Psychology and American Studies from Williams College and earned her M.A. Our kids will experience racism in school, on the playing field, at playdates, and everywhere in between. Dr. LoPresti received her B.A.

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News Items – December 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Psychology Today. “I have seen tremendous suffering because of this,” said Annette Ferrigno, a licensed clinical social worker and Scotch Plains mom, who has been providing services to families for over 20 years. Ferrigno founded Mindfully Aware with the help of fellow clinical social worker and Cranford mom, Jenn Carroll.

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News Items – July 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

The first time she left her community was to attend an elementary school. Psychology Today. June is PTSD Awareness Month. Chante Meadows – owner and clinical director of Meadows Counseling Group – talks about the link between various traumas in someone’s life and a potential mental illness or substance use.

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