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Misophonia can be disabling and easy to miss. Marcus Rodriguez PhD highlights CARE for Misophonia 2026 and why therapists should understand it.
Marcus Rodriguez PhD reflects on haircut anxiety, exposure therapy, avoidance, and learning to face an old fear with humor.
YFI celebrates Julia Xiao-Rodriguez for passing the national exam to become a licensed clinical counselor.
YFI is honored to welcome Sara Masland PhD, an expert in Borderline Personality Disorder, Good Psychiatric Management, and evidence-based care.
Cognitive defusion helps people step back from painful thoughts, shame, anxiety, and self-criticism without treating every thought as fact.
Primary and secondary emotions can look like “sadness turning into anger” in seconds. Here’s how DBT helps you slow it down and regulate.
Statistics are often taught as neutral tools. But their origins tell a more complicated story—one that ethical psychology education cannot ignore.
A simple DBT mindfulness practice—mindful walking—can reduce anxiety, quiet judgments, and train present-moment awareness. Here’s the how-to we used with PUSD teachers.
Practical, compassionate strategies from Dr. Marcus Rodriguez on fostering healthier parent-teen relationships—communication that works, when to step back, and how to repair after conflict.
When we undergo a traumatic event, we may feel that our lives are changed forever. And while we know a lot about how trauma impacts adults, we know far less when it comes to children and adolescents.
Misophonia can be disabling and easy to miss. Marcus Rodriguez PhD highlights CARE for Misophonia 2026 and why therapists should understand it.
Marcus Rodriguez PhD reflects on haircut anxiety, exposure therapy, avoidance, and learning to face an old fear with humor.
YFI celebrates Julia Xiao-Rodriguez for passing the national exam to become a licensed clinical counselor.
YFI is honored to welcome Sara Masland PhD, an expert in Borderline Personality Disorder, Good Psychiatric Management, and evidence-based care.
Cognitive defusion helps people step back from painful thoughts, shame, anxiety, and self-criticism without treating every thought as fact.
Primary and secondary emotions can look like “sadness turning into anger” in seconds. Here’s how DBT helps you slow it down and regulate.
Statistics are often taught as neutral tools. But their origins tell a more complicated story—one that ethical psychology education cannot ignore.
A simple DBT mindfulness practice—mindful walking—can reduce anxiety, quiet judgments, and train present-moment awareness. Here’s the how-to we used with PUSD teachers.
Practical, compassionate strategies from Dr. Marcus Rodriguez on fostering healthier parent-teen relationships—communication that works, when to step back, and how to repair after conflict.
When we undergo a traumatic event, we may feel that our lives are changed forever. And while we know a lot about how trauma impacts adults, we know far less when it comes to children and adolescents.
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