Relationships | Healthy Interdependence Seeking Connection Between Two Extremes As humans, we are inherently wired for connection. This fundamental need to bond with others often leads us to form deep, meaningful relationships, and to get our needs met. We are...
,Anxiety | Inside Out 2 | Mental Health & Pop Culture San Francisco psychologist Alexis Lopez, PsyD, reflects on the portrayal of anxiety in Inside Out 2, and her own experiences with anxiety as a young person from an immigrant family. (Some plot spoilers ahead,...
Managing Loneliness | Mental Health Tips Feeling isolated, invisible, and insignificant? These emotional experiences are now so common our Surgeon General has addressed the current loneliness epidemic as a public health crisis. Nearly half of American adults report...
Long Covid 2024 | Disability and Chronic Illness We’re all beyond sick of Covid. Sick of talking about it, sick of thinking about it, sick of it disrupting our plans. In 2024? Really? The pandemic has been terrible for our collective and individual mental...
June is Pride month! Pride, as you may know, started not as the celebration it is today, but as a fight for survival, a riot against police violence, and a rallying cry to queer folks around the country to come together, and stand up for their right to community and...
,LGBTQIA+ Identities | Asexuality | Pride Month 2024 As we celebrate Pride month this year, I’d like to give some attention to a few identities that often get overlooked: Asexuality, or what we call the Asexual Spectrum (Aspec). This encompasses identities such...