Healing with Grace Blog

Author: Shannon Lee

What is The Vagus Nerve? The vagus nerve helps our body counterbalance the fight or flight system response and can induce relaxation within our body. The vagus nerve runs down from Read more

Author: Amelia Sun

Socioeconomic circumstances of the adoptive family and birth family at the time of relinquishment, adoption and reunion, and the specific terms of the international adoption, whether the adopted child was Read more

Author: Amelia Sun

The inherent work of psychotherapy is the fulfillment of collaborative therapeutic work, defined by the strength and health of the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist. While therapeutic approach nuances Read more

Author: Amelia Sun

Baden, Mazza, Harrington, & White (2017) found that adult adoptees, who are overrepresented in counseling and more likely than the national average to struggle with suicidality and complete suicide, commonly Read more

Author: Amelia Sun

Within transracial adoptive family dynamics, impactful dyads are formed between adoptive parents and adoptees, and sometimes involve biological parents, too. Of these foundational relationships to the transracial adoptee, the role Read more

Author: Tara Douris

Do you ever ask yourself, why does my teenager keep making bad decisions?   Teenagers make bad decisions for various reasons, but the main reason involves the prefrontal cortex development.   The Read more

Author: Kyana Aston

Cultural diversity and acknowledgment of the client’s ethnic background are essential to any therapeutic alliance. Integrating diverse perspectives will allow a “cultural voice” while maintaining the ethical standards to advocate Read more

Author: Erin Zubia

Is your marriage or relationship on the rocks right now? Are you looking for some insight into why this might be happening? Typically, there are four predictors to watch out Read more