Olivia Thakkar Psychotherapy, APC

Olivia Thakkar Psychotherapy, APC Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents, Adults and Families. Specializing in Anxiety and Eating Disorders.

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This day comes at a time when our lives have significantly changed as a result ...
10/10/2020

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This day comes at a time when our lives have significantly changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The past 7 months have brought many challenges and we have never needed to adapt to change as quickly as we do now.
Health-care workers have learned to go to work while afraid of contracting the virus and bringing it home to their families.
Our children had to adapt to classes on zoom, having little to no contact with teachers and classmates.
We have all learned to live life while still anxious about the future.
Those who were already dealing with a mental health condition saw themselves struggling even more due to social isolation.
Losing a loved one during the pandemic and many times not being able to say goodbye made grief even harder.
It is hard to predict how this level of collective trauma will impact generations to come, but we are already seeing an increase in the need for mental health support. Access to services through nationally funded programs will be vital.

Simple and quick, before the start of a new week. When stress accumulates in the body, try this!Have a great week everyo...
08/23/2020

Simple and quick, before the start of a new week. When stress accumulates in the body, try this!
Have a great week everyone! You got this!

1st day of school this year will be different to many of us. Trying to remind myself daily that this is a marathon, not ...
08/19/2020

1st day of school this year will be different to many of us. Trying to remind myself daily that this is a marathon, not a sprint... Wishing good luck to all the kids. Wishing strength, patience, flexibility and self-compassion to all the parents. May you have the resources to get through the year 🌱

Came across these lovely comics today by . May we all have a cat like this in our lives - whether it’s a therapist, a t...
08/03/2020

Came across these lovely comics today by .
May we all have a cat like this in our lives - whether it’s a therapist, a teacher, friend, parent. These are challenging times, spread the attitude! Xx @ Westlake Village, California

Whether this is a happy or a tough day for you today, I’m sending you love ❤️ Repost #
06/21/2020

Whether this is a happy or a tough day for you today, I’m sending you love ❤️
Repost #

Home is a great place to start 🙌🏼 Repost from Let’s keep learning.
06/05/2020

Home is a great place to start 🙌🏼 Repost from Let’s keep learning.

Self-assessing. It’s the least I can do. Thanks for sharing this. As we learn, it is import to know where we stand in o...
06/03/2020

Self-assessing. It’s the least I can do. Thanks for sharing this. As we learn, it is import to know where we stand in our learning. Let’s do better!

Self-assessing. It’s the least I can do. Thanks for sharing this. We are all learning, but it is so important to know w...
06/03/2020

Self-assessing. It’s the least I can do. Thanks for sharing this.
We are all learning, but it is so important to know where we stand in our learning. Let do better!

There is so much grief in the world right now, so much sadness, and many of us are experiencing an overwhelming sense of...
06/02/2020

There is so much grief in the world right now, so much sadness, and many of us are experiencing an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. What do you say to someone who is grieving? How do we comfort our traumatized fellow humans? Sometimes holding space for someone feels like a “doing nothing”. But it takes a lot of effort. It means to be present with someone else’s pain. To put someone you care about front and center, and demonstrate verbally and non-verbally that you are fully present, that there is no right or wrong way of feeling, and you are there to witness their resilience and capacity to heal. No unsolicited advice. No silver linings. Holding space means being with someone without judgment. It requires intentional listening with no agenda other than “being with”. Holding space is a difficult skill but it can be learned. In times like these, we need a lot more holding space between all of us.

Racism starts at home and it starts early. Teaching kids that “we are all the same”, or color-blindness, implies that di...
05/28/2020

Racism starts at home and it starts early. Teaching kids that “we are all the same”, or color-blindness, implies that differences are bad. It allows for denial of the existence of institutional racism.
Children will grow up to be “naturally” non-racist adults only if they grow up in non-racist societies. Until then, it is up to us, parents, to teach them to grow up non-racist human beings. @ Westlake Village, California

The term “good enough mother”, coined by British psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicot in 1953, describes how children benefit fr...
05/11/2020

The term “good enough mother”, coined by British psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicot in 1953, describes how children benefit from mother’s failures. Being a good enough mother is modeling to children that simply having a wish does not lead to its fulfillment. That frustration can be tolerated. That perfection is unattainable. Aiming to be perfect can cause unintended problems for mother and child. The perfect mother is self-depriving, anxiously trying to predict every bump on the road to keep her child from falling. That is not a healthy role model. Moms oftentimes don’t prioritize themselves in terms of their own wellbeing, and they are working harder than ever during the pandemic. Mother’s Day 2020 felt different, but made it even more clear to me that we need to take care of ourselves. Taking care of our needs, taking time to rest and asking children to be more independent, are all ways to avoid the trap of trying to be the “perfect mother” (always giving, always predicting and fulfilling her child’s needs). In turn, we can aim at being good enough, allowing our children to learn that failure is part of life and builds self-reliance.

I’ve been working on a list of self-care essentials with/for my clients 🌱 What would you add to the list? What has been ...
05/01/2020

I’ve been working on a list of self-care essentials with/for my clients 🌱 What would you add to the list? What has been helping you during the quarantine?

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