by Cristina Dunahoo | Jul 31, 2026 | Resources
Feeling alone can make anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting stress, or relationship challenges feel even heavier. Peer support groups Grand Rapids residents can access create room for something different: being heard by people who understand part of what you are...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jul 31, 2026 | Resources
Your body may recognize anxiety before your mind can name it: a tight chest in the grocery store, a racing mind at bedtime, a sudden urge to cancel plans, or the feeling that something terrible is about to happen. The best coping tools for anxiety are not about...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jul 31, 2026 | Resources
When emotions feel too big, relationships feel tense, or stress keeps pulling you away from the life you want, information alone may not be enough. A search for a DBT skills group in Grand Rapids often comes from a very practical need: learning what to do in the...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jun 2, 2026 | Resources
Trauma, Attachment & Mental Health The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk What Happened to You? — Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog — Bruce Perry When the Body Says No — Gabor Maté The Myth of Normal — Gabor Maté The...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jun 2, 2026 | Resources
Abstract Self-concept and identity are reliant on a strong sense of self-worth. The stronger thefoundation on which children base their perceptions, assumptions and beliefs of themselves, thebetter equipped they are to participate in a civil society (Broderick &...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jun 2, 2026 | Resources
Healing After Childhood Sexual Assault: Meaning Making and Post-Traumatic Growth Vilenica, S., Shakespeare-Finch, J., & Obst, P. | School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia | Published in Counselling Psychology...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jun 1, 2026 | Resources
Helping Caregivers Provide Nurturing Care Foreword Infant mental health is often ignored, mostly because it is an unfamiliar oruncomfortable topic (Reschke, 2021). At the same time, many believe that infants’ andyoung children’s mental health problems are not...
by Cristina Dunahoo | Jun 1, 2026 | Resources
What Is EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured psychotherapyapproach that helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories so they lose their emotional intensityand disruptive impact. EMDR helps individuals move from feeling “stuck” in...