This session will explore how social isolation affects both emotional and physical health for people living with immunodeficiency. You will learn practical ways to build meaningful connections while managing your condition. The session also highlights how peer support and patient advocacy organizations can offer community and valuable resources. You will leave knowing how to develop a simple, personalized plan to help strengthen your social connections and improve your overall well-being.

In today's age of constant information overload, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. The intensity of this information, combined with the expectations and opinions of others, can trigger a fight-or-flight response. This heightened state of alertness can lead to overwhelm and overstimulation.

Many people are struggling with loss, change, and various stressors, lately more than ever. Once you become upset, similar thoughts and common narratives take over. Here are ways to cope.

Young people are more emotionally impacted by COVID-19 due to the pivotal point in life and development.

Covid-19 has brought a lot of unexpected change, and many of us have experienced grief and loss on a variety of different levels this year. So, how do we work through this year, as each of us are experiencing grief in different sorts of ways?

COVID-19 has brought with it many hardships; some anticipated, others unanticipated. One of them has been an increase in the struggle with substance use.

The holidays are coming up, and many of us have traditions to engage in. The holidays are also known to stir up feelings and memories. Pre-pandemic this was true, and now possibly even more so. Here are some ways to cope with the logistics and stress while still finding ways to connect.

Check-in with yourself and what your own personal boundaries may be. The variables are constantly changing, and knowing where you stand personally can help you to make informed decisions.

You may not know how to help your friend, and it may seem like a daunting task when you can’t relate to their experience, however, there are many ways that you can support your friend in a way that is productive and useful…

With all of the recent headlines regarding women’s sexual abuse, assault, and harassment, I have been involved in more casual conversations around this matter, and I have come to realize how little people understand about the prevalence of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse, it’s impact, and why there is no incentive to tell.

“Everything, Everything,” is the portrayal of a girl, supposedly diagnosed with a Severe Combined Immunodeficiency(SCID), and is trapped in her home at the recommendation of her mother and physicians, because she is, “allergic,“ to the outside world. Many patients, caregivers, and advocates in the Primary Immunodeficiency Community have strongly reacted to the misrepresentation of this disease. As a therapist with a Primary Immunodeficiency, I wanted to talk about why this teen drama holds so much weight.