The Sonder Blog
What is are Adverse Childhood Experiences and How Do They Affect Us?
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC Over the last 20 years Felitti and colleagues have been studying the effect of trauma on children and how it impacts their lifespan, and created the ACE questionnaire. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that...
Mental Health is Not a Joke
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC I live in the St. Louis area, and have seen someone's t-shirt read “I have OCD obsessive cardinals disorder." This is just one example of how a serious mental illness is used in a joking manner. Other examples include: “I’m so OCD” “I have PTSD...
A Review of “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC On a recent road trip I listened to “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauer. I highly recommend this book, and even more so the audio version. To hear the Zauner’s voice makes the story all the more personal, and you get to hear the correct...