Life is to be Lived Now I STUDIED THEO’S FACE, HIS BROW FURROWED WITH PENT-UP RAGE, AND KNEW HE WAS POISED ON THE PRECIPICE OF A CATACLYSMIC MELTDOWN. Contributed by Aaron Muttillo, Ph.D., director, student support services “Life is to be lived now, not in the past, and lived in the future only as
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looking for remote learning tips? Follow this link. Tired? Angry? Hopeless? Vicarious Trauma Could be to Blame THE RESPONSE TO VICARIOUS TRAUMA CAN LOOK JUST LIKE THE RESPONSE TO THE ORIGINAL TRAUMA ITSELF. Contributed by Alex Baker, Clinical Supervisor, PEP Willow Creek Day Treatment Center You come home from a long day of work, having
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It’s no secret that socioeconomic status, gender or sexual identity and ethnic or racial minority status can all be associated with poorer mental health outcomes for youth. Quite often, when statistics about these outcomes are cited, the finger is pointed to inadequate access to mental health care for these groups and not social emotional
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Social Justice Art Projects: INjustice in Their Own Words The narratives from Positive Education Program’s (PEP) social justice art projects will break your heart. I wanted to talk about my neighborhood. Well, even though it’s a bad neighborhood, it’s not as bad as people think when you live there. Everyone treats you like family. There
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