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Understanding the Youth Mental Health Crisis (Part 1)
In recent years, the mental health needs of children and adolescents have drawn urgent attention from families, schools, medical professionals, and policymakers. While concerns about youth well-being existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruptions of 2020...
Understanding Vicarious Trauma: When Witnessing Others’ Pain Affects Your Mental Health
Vicarious trauma occurs when we absorb the emotional and psychological impact of others' traumatic experiences. Unlike direct trauma, where you experience a threatening event firsthand, vicarious trauma develops from witnessing, hearing about, or being exposed to the...
Twice Exceptional: When Giftedness Masks Neurodivergence
When people talk about giftedness, they often imagine advanced vocabulary, exceptional memory, or quick problem-solving. But giftedness doesn’t always come packaged neatly. It can coexist with traits that are less easily recognized or accommodated, especially when...
6 Ways Eating Disorders Can Hide in Plain Sight
Public understanding of eating disorders is often shaped by narrow narratives that focus on appearance instead of experience. But in reality, eating disorders are more complex, more diverse, and more insidious than those stereotypes allow. They don’t always announce...
From Our Roots: The Original Centers That Shaped MCRC
We’ve been part of the Miami therapy community for a long time. Long enough to remember when mental health wasn’t something people talked about openly, and when specialty care often meant building something from scratch. What would become MCRC didn’t begin as one...
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