The Sonder Blog
The Impact of Financial Stress
By: Kelsey Wooten, LPC During the holiday season there is often an increase in stress and anxiety. Often it is around buying gifts, making the holidays feel “magical", the outcome of overspending, going into debt, and/or the emotions that come up if gifts cannot be...
What 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...