Keep Calm and Say OM in 2020 This is a guest post by Lina Garcia, a Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Instructor. How do you perceive yoga? Do you visualize daring poses on Instagram posted by slender teenagers in colorful yoga pants? The truth is, the beginnings of Yoga are traced to over 5,000 years ago in […]
Brainstorm: Pros and Cons to Teenage Brain Changes, Part 2
Introduction This post serves as Part 2 of a series on adolescent brain development from Dr. Daniel Siegel’s book Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. In Part 1 -Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, we reviewed some of the underlying structural changes happening in the brain and nervous system that affect teenager’s emotions […]
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Part 1
“What were you thinking?” I’ve heard this phrase countless times as a therapist to adolescents and their families, observing as parents desperately attempt to understand the reasoning behind their teenagers’ behaviors. Even looking back on my own adolescent years, I remember hearing this phrase from well-meaning but out of touch adults. Both adults and teenagers can […]
Linking Violence to Mental Illness Increases Stigma
We are deeply saddened by recent tragic events in El Paso and Ohio. These mass shootings are far too common and impact every corner of our nation. Every time we experience a tragedy like this, people with mental illness are drawn into the conversation. The reality is that most people with mental illness are not […]
Curious About Acupuncture?
We are two clinical social work interns from The University of Texas at Austin currently interning at Samaritan Center. We were both intrigued by the integrative medicine team at Samaritan Center and wanted to know more about the services offered. We both decided to try acupuncture for the first time and document our reactions and […]