by Dr. Lacey L Robinson | Uncategorized
“Years ago, the medical community redefined the beginning of pregnancy from the time of fertilization to when an embryo implants in the uterus.1 Whatever definition you use, the scientific reality is that when the sperm and the egg unite and fertilization occurs, the...
by Dr. Lacey L Robinson | Mental Health Advocate
“In the United States, only about one in five people with SUDs ever receives any help for this condition during their lifetime.”“Yet if we ask them to tell us about ways in which alcohol or other drugs have caused hassles or harm, there is usually a list and sometimes...
by Dr. Lacey L Robinson | Artist Advocate
Ruth Faison Shaw (1889-1969) Honored by her niece as “an inspirational Southern woman,” and my new favorite artist! Inventor of fingerpainting (but really it’s wrist-, forearm-, and knuckle-painting) Inspired by a child and later, veterans and trauma survivors Served...
by Dr. Lacey L Robinson | Survivor Advocate
Gifts, cards, and letters can communicate acknowledgment, respect, appreciation, connectedness, love, humor, mourning, intimacy, support…what else? After a confusing, painful relationship, a woman unexpectedly receives flowers sent to her office. They look good. They...
by Dr. Lacey L Robinson | Mental Health Advocate
Disenfranchised grief occurs when a person has experienced a deep and meaningful attachment, experienced loss, and cannot openly acknowledge or grieve the loss or have it validated by others (Doka, 1989; Stroebe et al., 2008). It might be erroneously thought that...
