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Mental Health Awareness Month: Why it Matters and How to Celebrate

Mental Health Awareness Month: Why it Matters and How to Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month is an annual observance held in May, dedicated to raising awareness about mental health, promoting mental wellness, and advocating for mental health policies. We Rise Therapy celebrated this month through posting informational content, and our Founder, Neha Darji, moderated a […]

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Honoring Mothers’ Mental Health: Personal Experiences and Tips for Better Care

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Honoring Mothers’ Mental Health: Personal Experiences and Tips for Better Care Motherhood is often described as one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but it can also be one of the most challenging. While the joys of raising a child are countless, the pressures and responsibilities can take a toll on a mother’s mental

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Therapy & Stress Management as a College Student in Finals

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Therapy & Stress Management as a College Student in Finals No seating available. Silence is the only thing you can hear at every corner of the building. The occasional sobs come from the library stacks. This is what finals season looks like, and what my personal hell looks like. Exams have never been my strong

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5 Healthy ways to cope with stress

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It’s Stress Awareness Month – a month to recognize and spread awareness about reducing bad stress in your life. Here are some tips on how you can cope with your stress in a healthy way!

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“Hustle Culture” and Burnout on Mental Health for Women of Color

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Women leaders have taken a more significant leadership role than is often expected throughout COVID-19. While organizations and businesses continue to make anti-racist pronouncements and set up committees to look into their disparities, the workload, particularly for women of color, has increased.

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Recognizing the Signs of Postpartum Depression and Finding Help

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Having a baby is one of a woman’s most joyous and significant life events. It can trigger a mixture of emotions, from joy and excitement to fear and anxiety. But it can also be challenging and stressful at times.

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Causes of Low Self-Esteem and How to Improve

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We’ve all felt inferior at some point. We go through breakups, make blunders at our workplaces, find it hard to be assertive in our relationships, and obsess over the silly things we say to our family and friends. While a feeling of insecurity or inadequacy is a natural part of being human, a constant sense of inadequacy, worthlessness, or less than others, may indicate low self-esteem.

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Meet Your Therapist: Ruby Sekhon, MSW, LCSW

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Meet our therapist, Ruby! Ruby (She/Her) is a first generation South Asian womxn with over 15 years of experience in the field of social services. She is extremely dedicated and intrinsically motivated to help individuals find balance in their emotional, mental and spiritual health. Life transitions can be difficult to navigate and she leads with

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Meet Your Therapist: Hema Solanki, M.Ed, LPC

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We are excited to introduce, Hema Solanki, M.Ed, LPC! As an immigrant, South Asian woman and lifelong resident of New Jersey, Hema has devoted her career to help others achieve their goals, foster caring and kindness, and develop the skills needed to navigate life. Hema utilizes Multimodal therapy, culturally sensitive approach to reduce psychological suffering

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Let’s talk about Stress- Uttara Desai, MA,LPC

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STRESS – the infamous six-letter word that impacts everyone’s life in some way; school, work, family commitments, friendships. As we recently celebrated National Stress Awareness Day, It’s important to talk about how society normalizes and romanticizes living and working in stress.

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