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Juli Fraga

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San Francisco, CA, United States

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Past articles by Juli:

Self-care may be tough for some. Here are 4 ways to make it work.

Acknowledge emotional barriers; align self-care with emotional needs; consider micro-breaks; and find a self-care buddy. → Read More

Menopause transition ushers in memory problems for many women

Doctors aren’t sure why menopause affects the brain, but hormonal change is a likely culprit. → Read More

4 emotional workouts to help you feel empowered and promote resilience

If you can’t afford mental health care, are waiting to see a therapist or have finished therapy, emotional exercises are one way to strengthen your psychological muscles. → Read More

With therapists in short supply, group counseling offers alternative

If group-based mental health seems like a good fit, try a few sessions. Pay attention to how the interactions between the therapist and the other group members feel. → Read More

How Grief Upsets Your Gut Health

Grief can throw the body off course, upsetting the gastrointestinal tract. Here's what to do about it. → Read More

Dealing With This Emotion Is Key to Processing Trauma

Emotion-focused trauma therapy can help patients heal. → Read More

Empathic curiosity is a way for health-care professionals to manage stress

The method involves trying to understand another person’s world from the inside out. → Read More

Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work.

Researchers proved decades ago that venting won’t make you feel better. → Read More

Take small steps to rekindle friendships in the new year

Manage social worries and adjust expectations. These and other tips from experts can help you rebuild friendships. → Read More

Anxiety Feels Terrible, But it Has an Upside. Here's How to Make it Work in Your Favor.

Anxiety can be a clue that we need to identify and experience our core emotions, which leads to calm and clarity → Read More

For many students, the prospect of a new year in college is exciting and stressful

They will face many adjustments. Here is some expert-backed advice on how to deal with each one. → Read More

“Good enough” parenting starts with avoiding these 13 abusive behaviors

“Good enough” is what’s left after ruling out actions that are well-documented to cause kids significant harm → Read More

We Could All Use a Little Therapy

Think you wouldn’t benefit from some mental maintenance? Think again. → Read More

How parents can help tweens develop their creative muscles, during the pandemic and beyond

Help them identify a passion, be a role model and more ways to encourage kids to embrace creativity. → Read More

Digital self-harm: What to do when kids cyberbully themselves

Unlike physical self-harm, digital self-harm doesn’t leave visible scars or land kids in the emergency room, which makes it easier for parents to miss. → Read More

Pandemic spurs boom in outdoor therapy sessions, allowing in-person treatment

Mental health professionals say such face-to-face talks can be a lifeline for patients with grief, depression, other issues. But such sessions could lack privacy, have other pitfalls. → Read More

Helping Hands Need A Break, Too: How To Lend Support Without Burning Out

Feeling overwhelmed? Maybe the parent of a preschooler in your family just called to say they need extra help with child care, and a sick neighbor wants to → Read More

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Helping Hands Need A Break, Too: How To Lend Support Without Burning Out

These days, there are hundreds of reasons to open your heart to others, but it's easy to get exhausted. Try these tips honed by social workers for staying healthy and empathetic. → Read More

How parents are made

Attachment therapy helps us recognise and heal our childhood wounds so we can be free to become good parents ourselves → Read More

Tweens can stave off loneliness with new social networks and hobbies during the pandemic

The coronavirus restrictions can make adolescents feel isolated. Parents and caregivers can help. → Read More