InMindOut Blog

Hello! Hola! Bienvenidos! The Latinx community form the largest minority group in the United States. This trend is expected to continue with the number of immigrants seeking asylum in our country. We use the term “Latinx” as a gender-neutral term for anyone of Latin-American decent. Did you know that only one third of individuals with […]

Military families come in all shapes, sizes, and many cultural backgrounds. The main commonality is the idea that they have someone that they love who serves and protects our country. This of course brings a whole new dynamic to these families as a whole. As I wrote in my previous piece, the military lifestyle is […]

I’m sure that we’ve seen these clips before. We’ve seen the clips where military family members run to greet the service member who has just come home from a long deployment. From a civilian point of view, it is hard to understand why these family members get so excited at seeing their loved one come […]

When I was working with college students at a busy University, we were sponsoring a program for young people on leadership skills.  During the program one young man seemed to get agitated and then started having a panic attack.  His girlfriend got him outside the program area to the lobby. I met them there and […]

It has been a year like no other.  It does not seem possible that it has been a year March that we heard from the school districts that we would be taking two weeks for Spring Break and then everyone would be back at school, but it did not happen quite that way.  It seemed […]

One of the first questions I ask my client’s during their initial intake is if they have a healthy routine set in place. I would say about 7 out of 10 times, the answer would be NO. Most client’s report a lack of motivation, feeling overwhelmed, or just not knowing where to begin in creating […]

       We’ve all heard this statement before, “I’m not enough because….” These words seem innocuous when we first look at them. We may use them to foster a sense of accountability to ourselves, or use them to foster the gumption to complete a goal of some kind. Because, who wants to be lacking […]

         Autism Spectrum Disorder, like all mental health disorders, is a complex disorder to treat. Since Autism is in and of itself a developmental disorder, there are many different things that must be addressed in the course of treatment. In the process of treatment, however, there is a very crucial element is […]

  Autism is on the rise. Many children are diagnosed with the condition before the age of three. Many professionals are still trying to find out what causes Autism, while others are trying to figure out how best to treat it. There are common denominators that many professionals tend to agree on in terms of […]

  Many parents are devastated when they hear that their child has received a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder. For some parents there can be a lingering fear of the future for their child. “Will my child ever have a normal life? Will my child be accepted by others? Will my child ever be able […]