Fairley Parson Psychotherapy & Consulting

03/31/2022

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-non-binary-book-authors_l_6244ac94e4b0d8266aa712d5

In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, here are some trans and non-binary authors to support all year long.

02/18/2021

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr.org%2F2021%2F02%2Fstop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3YyV7VHtK1t2tCIV8rSFrBL5bI2Go-jhhiSgBG4gI52d3e6MOGE712SK0&h=AT0-ivWFMF5sDW7CxNESLaPR8qa3RfhaMTvjB2cXv4hM2iebdYtO1St3YtSJwKOhnQ2uapX9D6iYYsEVuSDR7RyrSjkMQ5MCCjcTHCPAYrQlre20g7OlYuICkjOIg5P2L2ycvqXvrvgb&s=1

For many women, feeling like an outsider isn’t an illusion — it’s the result of systemic bias and exclusion.

02/16/2020

As humans we need ritual and we need to create.. To use the broken pieces to make something beautiful.

Janet Willis used the flowers from her mother's funeral to create a 100 day Instagram art project that explores grief.

12/01/2019

https://deceleration.news/2019/11/28/despair-may-be-the-greatest-threat-to-the-planet/

Greg Harman For decades now, researchers, academics, policymakers, and journalists have been talking about the climate crisis and its global impacts. They talk of coal and gas, transportation, and …

10/12/2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/letters/trump-mental.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Three mental health professionals who contributed to “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” cite recent actions that confirm their worries.

09/19/2019

Fascinating.

A protein released from bone is involved in triggering the body’s reaction to stress

08/29/2019

Nature heals.

As rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oakland on the medical evidence that indi...

08/08/2019

We Have A Lot to Process...my new piece in the Bay Times.

By Fairley Parson, LCSW– I believe that hoarding disproportionally impacts LGBTQ older adults. Unfortunately, we don’t have research that reports on hoarding behavior in the LGBTQ community. Still, given available research and my clinical experience as a psychotherapist working in the community,...

08/03/2019

"Acceptance is having quite a moment."
Yes, and these ideas are quite old. It's just more recently that research in mental health has validated the wisdom of practicing acceptance.

A new study explains why it's ok to resist the messages of the "positivity" movement.

06/25/2019

Fascinating!

Why do we feel listless when we are recovering from an illness? The answer is, apparently, that low-grade chronic inflammation interferes with the dopaminergic signaling system in the brain that motivates us to do things.

05/21/2019

Mental Health is not a DIY project.

It can be hard to forgive yourself, especially when you have done things you deeply regret. But with these 3 steps, you can progress toward self-acceptance.

04/28/2019

Many of the problems that lead people to kill themselves cannot be fixed with a little extra serotonin.