July is formally recognized as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (as of 2008), which has come to be known as BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. BeBe Moore Campbell was an American author, journalist, teacher, and mental health advocate who worked tirelessly…
Processing a life-changing traumatic event can be hard enough as an individual, but if you are raising children who have also been through the traumatic experience, the grieving and healing process can pose additional hurdles. For those in the Chicagoland area, you’re probably intimately aware…
As we approach the end of Pride month, we want to shine a light on some of the amazing resources for the LGBTQ+ community here in Chicago. There are many important risk factors when it comes to LGBTQ+ mental health including coming out, rejection in…
Access to affordable, quality mental health is vital for positive individual outcomes as well as healthy communities. There are nearly 20% of adults in the U.S. with a mental illness, according to Mental Health America’s State of Mental Health in America Report 2022. Even more,…
As another Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, we’ve started reflecting on what mental health really means and how society’s view of it impacts each of us individually. According to a survey from the American Psychological Association (APA), 87% of Americans believe that…
Written by Psychotherapist & Disordered Eating Specialist, Katrina LoBue, Ed.S., LCPC “Wellness” has become a loaded word, especially within the eating disorder community. According to the Oxford dictionary, the word wellness means “the state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal.” However,…
