Marigold Therapy & Wellness

07/08/2025

Please consider joining us for this exciting workshop series! You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8VjnaXHo64J4_11mluY9yGIsKb-YvA2UNBVBzEJqZ7ob3Dg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=105218907319201271675

07/18/2024

Tuesdays from 4-4:30pm, the Trauma Research Foundation offers free Mind-Body practices virtually. Please see the link in the comments for their library of previous sessions.

01/07/2022

Here is the link to the article for those with access to the Boston Globe:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/30/lifestyle/we-asked-10-local-therapists-their-advice-we-enter-2022-here-are-their-responses/?fbclid=IwAR1XDpg-6r8Ld7YVPwAFkzD2y6mxBfXHzyL89cxBor2EjcQ5bBDF1rhk8UI

"For many people, the new year is a time of reflection and planning — but we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, a collective trauma. Many of us have lost a sense of predictability and control in our lives.

I encourage people to resist treating this as a “normal” time and demanding from yourself the things that hyper-productivity, hustle culture, and capitalism demand of you. Instead, I recommend focusing on what you can control in your daily life and building empathy and connection — with yourself and others."

Artist, art therapist, and Lesley faculty Lauren Leone shares thoughts on building empathy and connection in the new year in a new piece.

Read more at the link in our bio. 🤍❄️

12/03/2021

This article has a great overview of some important neuroscience-based ways to calm our bodies.

Also a fun fact related to Equine Assisted Psychotherapy: horses also have vagus nerves and their nervous systems work similarly to ours.

Learn all about the key messenger of the nervous system, the vagus nerve, and the role it plays with our breathing and emotions.

11/13/2021

The Trauma Research Foundation currently has a film festival (11/8-11/13) available to watch by donation. Chelsea’s story is featured in one of the films.

TRF will be featuring the documentary The IF Project this week at our 2021 Film Festival. This piece comes from their blog and is just an example of how lives are being touched and transformed through the work of The IF Project who’s vision is “A world without mass incarceration and the impacts ...

04/10/2020

This is a strategy for reducing distress based off of research on how to help people process stress (so it hopefully does not become traumatic material). It is a short enough strategy that it could be helpful as a daily practice.

Although this video is titled for frontline workers, it also is for anyone experiencing stress right now- which is pretty normal for most humans as we are all living in this pandemic environment for the moment.

Many people have been asking Scaling Up for self care techniques for folks working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Jarero created this sho...

08/02/2019

Welcome Sarah Aiello and Shore Counseling! Sarah currently has some limited availability for private pay clients at this time, but is working on offering more availability and insurance options soon. She specializes in working with young children and has a background with trauma. She can be contacted through Psychology Today.

06/07/2019

Many people love being around animals and describe it as therapeutic. Sometimes there are ways animals can reach us when words are not enough. Research is being done on how animals can help us to heal through partnerships with therapists. This article discusses the work being done through the Justice Resource
Institute on Equine-Facilitated Therapy. Heads up- it is written in clinical language.

Emerging research suggests that Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) may be beneficial for traumatized youth. In addition, complex trauma (i.e., multiple and/or prolonged developmentally adverse...