Mental Health + Boundaries to Help You Survive the Holidays
This episode was recorded on November 30, 2021 in anticipation for our virtual conference, A Deconstructed Holiday. To view this session and other sessions on Healing from Religious Trauma at the Holidays, Creating New Traditions, and more, join our Facebook Group A Deconstructed Holiday.
On this episode, we discussed how to implement boundaries so that you can make it through the holidays with your sanity in tact! We covered what boundaries look and sound like, and talked through several scenarios that you may face and gave you tips on how to walk through those situations.
Trigger Warning: We discussed several scenarios that involve mental, emotional, and physical abuse.
ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Amber Diamond Green is a nationally certified licensed clinical mental health counselor in a private practice setting in North Carolina. She works mostly with older children, teens, and young adults. Amber approaches mental health from a holistic perspective seeking to understand the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of each client. She seeks to understand how this may effect their perspective and growth in their therapeutic journey. When Amber isn’t practicing counseling, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and traveling.
Lexie Smith is a lifelong human rights activist after surviving sexual exploitation her entire childhood and the lifelong effects of that abuse. She is a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Psychology and runs a business as a trauma-informed consultant to those interfacing with survivors of violence.
On this episode, we discussed how to implement boundaries so that you can make it through the holidays with your sanity in tact! We covered what boundaries look and sound like, and talked through several scenarios that you may face and gave you tips on how to walk through those situations.
Trigger Warning: We discussed several scenarios that involve mental, emotional, and physical abuse.
ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Amber Diamond Green is a nationally certified licensed clinical mental health counselor in a private practice setting in North Carolina. She works mostly with older children, teens, and young adults. Amber approaches mental health from a holistic perspective seeking to understand the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of each client. She seeks to understand how this may effect their perspective and growth in their therapeutic journey. When Amber isn’t practicing counseling, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and traveling.
Lexie Smith is a lifelong human rights activist after surviving sexual exploitation her entire childhood and the lifelong effects of that abuse. She is a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Psychology and runs a business as a trauma-informed consultant to those interfacing with survivors of violence.
