May 2024

Benefits of Being In Community for Texas In today’s post-pandemic digital age, it’s not uncommon for people to find themselves feeling isolated. It can be challenging to navigate making new connections and maintaining old ones in a time when many people work from home, take classes online, or are struggling with their own mental health. […]

By Emily Heimberger, LPC-Associate Supervised by Jennifer Buffalo, LPC-S, LMFT What is vicarious trauma? Vicarious trauma goes by many names: secondary trauma, insidious trauma, secondhand trauma, “the cost of caring,” and more. All refer to the trauma that can occur after exposure to someone else’s traumatic stories and experiences. This phenomenon is commonly observed among