Neiha Dhar, LMFT

Friends often love us through some of our most most-cringeworthy moments and cherish us like no one else can. It can be hard to work through conflict effectively though when we are hurt by what our friends say or when the dynamic is thrown off by a life change like a new relationship or a baby. Individual therapy can be a place to process changes in relationships. Relationship therapy can be a place to do the work together to strengthen the relationship. Love and Valentine's Day don't always need to be about romance!! Who are some of the people in your life who make you feel that spark?

It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart The older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them

Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: How to die peacefully "Letting go is also the practice of letting in, letting your teacher be alive in you," says a senior disciple of the celebrity Buddhist monk and author.

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I’ve been denouncing trump in therapy since 2015

Listen to Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning for free. If your local bookstore is all sold out of its books on anti-racism, good. Finally. Backorder them for yourself. But in the meantime, the audiobook version of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Begi…

7 Virtual Mental Health Resources Supporting Black People Right Now We may be socially distant in this traumatic time, but we're not alone.

Sharing a post I saw on a therapy page written by Tiffany Wright of http://www.livethebelife.com—

A friend asked me, as an ally, how could they support me during this time. For me, it’s not just sharing articles and info graphics. I want you to encourage people to think about racism from a mental health/illness lens.

I think beyond people speaking about how wrong or unfair things are, allies can speak to the psychological foundations of racism and encourage people to get mental health support. Racism is partly psychological; a reflection of fear, insecurity of inadequacy, disconnection with self and others, lack of empathy, and cognitive processing issues ( having distorted thinking or inability to see reality). So posts that address exploring inadequacy , insecurity or fear when it comes to others is important. People wouldn’t need to feel the need to control something if they weren’t threatened by the power of the very thing they’re controlling or if they weren’t afraid of it.

Remember all the education and legal protections won’t matter unless there are mind and heart shifts.

Questions to raise :

Why are you afraid of others?
Why do others seem inferior? Why do you feel superior? Where do you think the core of the anger, jealousy, envy, disgust or avoidance of others stem from? What insecurities about your value, worth or “enoughness” do you have ? What people have made you feel like you didn’t matter? How has abuse or neglect shown up in your life? How has that impacted the type of relationships you form or are reluctant to forming?

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Great article to help us think about some of the language that’s being used in this quarantine life!

Stressed About Your Body in Quarantine? Obsessing over weight gain can signal unmet psychological needs.

Can you spare a minute to help Monika Sharma? Give emergency telemental health services to all Illinois residents

Stop by and say hi this Wednesday at the Willis Tower!

We have SWAG! Come visit us at Willis Tower Wellness Fair event, Healthy Living in the City, this Wednesday from 11:00am to 2:00pm, 34th floor Burnham Conference Room! 233 S Wacker Dr. Hosted by

The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants Though immigrants come from a variety of backgrounds, there are certain stressors that U.S.-born children of immigrants have in common.

Fat Is Not a Bad Word — It's a Revolution "For me, fat is a way of saying f*ck you.”