by Samantha Leigh Berman-Melendez | Mar 13, 2023 | Mental Health Providers
Biblical and philosophical narratives throughout time would have a culture buying into the notion that leadership and prestige is the only pathway to success. We have taught our children that our worth is defined by positions of power and financial gain....
by Samantha Leigh Berman-Melendez | Feb 27, 2023 | Mental Health Providers
Language is important. It becomes outdated and just like people, needs to be reinvented, reevaluated, and reframed. Words take on many other meanings dependent on the receiving party and contrary to the old cliche, words hurt. When we meet clients it’s often...
by Samantha Leigh Berman-Melendez | Feb 17, 2023 | Mental Health Providers
As a mental health provider, I’ve seen a season of change and wealth of information that has helped educate, and to an extent demystify and alleviate stigma of mental health treatment. It would be minimizing to say that things haven’t changed in the past two decades....
by Samantha Leigh Berman-Melendez | Feb 10, 2023 | Personal
When I was a child, I watched the narratives of success play out on TV, magazines and even cigarette ads. Stories of others’ perceived success looked nothing like me; in fact, I might as well have been an alien. I would spend my childhood and most of my young...
