"How are you?" It's the kind of question no one ever expects an honest answer to. We're used to dishing out the usual responses; "fine", "okay", "good" come to mind. Very rarely do people answer with harder things like "anxious", "nervous", or "sad", because these are not the answers people are used to getting,…
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Community Care and Covid-19: Our Statement
Community Care in the Era of Covid-19 The Healing Collective acknowledges that mental health supports are a vital part of public health, and that for many, therapy is a vital service. In the wake of suggestions from public health officials to practice physical/social distancing, we’ve come up with a community-care minded business continuity plan that…
read moreA Look Back and Forward
2019 at The Healing Collective was our first full year in operation. It went by impossibly fast and slow, all at the same time. It was a hard year for many people. It was a year of uncertainty and cuts and increased awareness of climate change. The news was (and is) increasingly hard to watch.…
read moreTherapy and Pregnancy Loss
As some of you may know, October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. With 20% of pregnancies ending in miscarriage and 16% of people trying to conceive struggling with infertility in some way, this is an important topic and one that's very close to our hearts. I (Caroline) am one of the co-founders of…
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A Holistic Approach to Eating Disorder Recovery
As we enter our second year of operation, we’re really excited to be expanding our group and workshop offerings to offer a broad, creative range of offerings for mental health. With exciting wellness-focused groups and workshops including art, improv, tarot and mindfulness, there’s really something for everyone. Today, we’re talking with our Clinical Director, Abby…
read moreThe Healing Collective: A Year of Growth, Change, and Community.
Last week marked the anniversary of The Healing Collective’s first year in business. We opened our doors in 2018, just as the leaves started to turn at East Lynn Park and our kids went back to school (or started school in my case). It was later than we’d initially expected; we’d set an unrealistic goal…
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