Heather Williams-Baumgart: Artist as Therapist

Heather Williams-Baumgart: Artist as Therapist

As a stylist, illustrator, and fashion editor for the national magazine Girls Life, Heather has enjoyed the kind of artistic career other creative professionals might covet. Indeed, she began her journey studying painting at Cal Arts, moving on to the Fashion...
The Increasing Need for Trauma-Informed Care

The Increasing Need for Trauma-Informed Care

Victims of childhood abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault – these all have one feature in common. It’s the need for special, trauma-informed care (TIC) from the counselors and therapists who treat them.  What Is Trauma-Informed Care?  Trauma-Informed care is based...
Will There Soon Be a Blood Test to Diagnose Depression?

Will There Soon Be a Blood Test to Diagnose Depression?

Will There Soon Be a Blood Test to Diagnose Depression? For years, doctors have used simple blood tests to rule out reasons why a patient might be struggling with depression or bi-polar disorder. Tests like these could point to problems with the thyroid, with a...
La Keeta Behn-Vasquez: Meeting Every Moment

La Keeta Behn-Vasquez: Meeting Every Moment

  “This program really will change your life, if you let it. But I recommend being patient. If you’re like me, you’d like to snap your fingers and arrive where you’re meant to go, right away. But take the time and allow it to change you, and learn the lessons...
Padraic Aubrey: The Restaurateur Who Changed the Menu

Padraic Aubrey: The Restaurateur Who Changed the Menu

After enduring the twin blows of a devastating personal loss, and the economic blows of a worldwide pandemic to his already stressful restaurant business, Padraic Aubrey, known as “Paddy” to friends and family, decided it was time for a change. A graduate of Skidmore...