Back-to-school season has always been stressful for a number of reasons. This upcoming school year presents new challenges for children embarking upon this journey. Mask mandates, social distancing, and temperature checks were all distant when learning at home, but now children are facing this new normal on their own when they go to school. How...
Stress Post Pandemic and Returning to Normal
As humans, we tend to experience stress often in our daily lives. Oftentimes, we tend to cope well with small daily stressors. However, certain unexpected situations may cause our stress levels to skyrocket. The pandemic was an unexpected crisis that we experienced together as a nation. Many individuals experienced significant stress related to their health,...
Psychologist View of Miami – Illusion, Delusion, Hallucination, Reality
When you hear the word “Miami,” what words come to mind? Google “What words describe Miami?” and here is what comes up from City-Data.com: “Sexy, hot, fun, diverse, paradise, filled with salsa and perfume, the sun and fun capital of the world, popular, gritty, swanky, drug dealers and Medicare fraud, food trucks and street vendors,...