Elise Franklin LMFT

08/18/2021

The article from April is worth a re-visit since Languishing seems *particularly* bad right now

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

05/05/2021

ayo wanna talk about mental health in the entertainment industry? Rachel Bloom (crazy ex GF) will be moderating a panel of therapists for the Wright Institute that I'll be on. see you there.

12/28/2020

Toxic Positivity is real. If you find yourself invalidating your feelings regularly, this podcast episode with Susan David may be helpful. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-negative-about-positivity/id1126119288?i=1000500981897

‎Show Terrible, Thanks For Asking, Ep What's Negative About Positivity? - Dec 1, 2020

11/03/2020

Including meditation apps, therapy apps and a list of online mental-health resources to help you take care of yourself in these turbulent times.

06/23/2020

"This is the only medical illness that we use criminal justice to respond to."

05/26/2020

By focusing on our mental health we can increase our productivity rather than the other way around. From Yales super popular course on Happiness, Laurie Santos answers questions regarding mental health and how to get through this crisis.

05/02/2020

If you're having a hard time concentrating, sleeping, reasoning, or feeling like yourself- this can help explain what this pandemic is doing to us psychologically.

This is why you're exhausted just from being alone.

04/02/2020

Hi, How Are You 😷 - My thoughts on a challenging time https://mailchi.mp/cfe4b48b51bd/hi-how-are-you

03/26/2020

this daily dance party + seeing my own therapist this week have saved my life in these horrifying times.

If you or someone you know needs mental health services please feel free to reach out and I'll see if I, or a therapist I know can see you via video or phone during this super crazy scary time.

We're gonna get through this.

Dance teachers are moving their classes online as coronavirus keeps people trapped indoors.

03/23/2020

practicing Physical Distancing is important but Socializing is still really important (via video chat, phone, text etc)

“Just like we’re worried about an economic recession, we should worry about a social recession,” a neuroscientist says.

03/19/2020

we need connection now more than ever so get on that phone

There are few things as nourishing as the human voice, especially during a quarantine.

03/18/2020

This is for people that had sh*tty parents and are struggling with the confusing feelings people feel when the tables are turned and they feel responsible for their abusive parents' caretaking. Article by Madeleine Holden Julie Alp and I offer some psychological perspective.

Nat, a 34-year-old non-binary New Zealander, describes their father as a “world-class sh*tty dad.” His “greatest hits,” they say, include the time he threw his...

03/12/2020

Madeleine Holden explores why victims of abuse sometimes become abusers themselves and I answer some of those questions.

Breaking the cycle of abuse and violence becomes substantially harder when so much of the burden falls on survivors

11/26/2019

Ever experienced a trauma? Listen to this 10 therapy session episode about how to process and get away from some of the harmful beliefs of a trauma.

What if someone told you about a type of therapy that could help you work through unhealed trauma in just ten sessions? Jaime Lowe tried the therapy—and recorded it.

11/25/2019

this documentary about 2 cops that actually care about mental health is worth a watch. Our system needs a complete overhaul in how crises are handled. It’s heartbreaking and inspiring.

Learn more about the HBO documentary Ernie & Joe.

08/14/2019

I took a DNP-Rest….. but here’s the truth of what it should have said.

04/24/2019

Find out what the singer shared about her time out of the spotlight and her new album

04/23/2019

Grief: (a thread)
https://mobile.twitter.com/laurenherschel/status/946888282444460033?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR3gCcl2Aw2xjM3iWs6RHt1fD2fSlMOUrOHVXW85ktZqUx3WlQeMDTIDucY

“So grief is like this: There’s a box with a ball in it. And a pain button. And no, I am not known for my art skills.”