

Tips for a Happy and Healthy Holiday with Loved Ones
Flights are booked, hotels are selling out, alternative routes are being prepared. The departments stores are becoming crowded and your inbox is filling up with sale promotions every day. That can only mean one thing, it is the Holiday Season! During these times, families will be gathered discussing new events and catching up on popular topics such as politics, sport teams, newest trends. The personal questions are never off limits with families, questions like; “How is work


Home Is Where You Are
We are living at times when immigration is on many of our minds. The topic of immigration has interested me greatly not only as a person and as a therapist, but also because I am a zero generation German immigrant to the U.S. In addition, my family immigrated to other countries and my mother was a child refugee in Germany. Overall my family’s history taught me how to a start anew with the motto, “Home is where you are.” Immigrants frequently face difficulties in several ways

The Link between Racism and Trauma
We have heard the term Racism swirling quite frequently in the media, political, corporate and the sports arena. But what is Racism? Racism is the routine, institutionalized mistreatment of a person based on his/her membership in a racial group that is on the downside of power. Some examples of racism are: (a) Being followed in stores, (b) profiling by law enforcement, (c)racial slurs, (d)confederate monuments, (e) microaggressions. You may wonder what are microaggression? -