The Next Chapter of Engage
Engage, a mental health provider who has served the youth of the Conejo Valley over the past 10 years, today announces the successful transfer of ownership of its treatment programs to long time employees, Dr. Blake Brisbois and Adelina Mehrazarin Brisbois, LMFT. This change returns Engage to 100% clinician-owned and 100% clinician-led. When discussing this transition, founder Dr. Samantha Tamburro offered, “I am very excited about the next chapter for [...]
How Technology Is Changing the World’s Relationship with Drugs & Alcohol
How Technology Is Changing the World’s Relationship with Drugs and Alcohol Millions of Americans are vowing to put down their phones for 2018. Kim Kardashian even tweeted from hers that it’s one of her New Year’s resolutions. While there should be designated phone-free times, some of the benefits to those struggling with or questioning their drinking and drug use are worth keeping your phone in hand! Recovering from addiction or [...]
Where Do We Go From Here? Self-Care in the Wake of Trauma
In the last blog, I wrote about how we are effected by trauma and grief, and the different ways people experience trauma. Today I will be focusing on self-care, why it is important, and some different ways to take care of yourself. HOW DO I TAKE CARE OF MYSELF? Great question! There are many ways to take care of yourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Additionally, there may be something that [...]
Are You Okay?
ARE YOU OKAY? This is how Kevin Hines starts his talks when he is speaking on his jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Although this blog is not about being suicidal, it is about how do we take care of ourselves and each other in the toughest of times. The lasting effects of the 58 precious individuals taken from us, the over 500 people injured, 22,000+ concert goers, and the [...]
Mona’s Education Corner
While January begins with celebration, joy, goals and resolutions for the new year, students are expected to return to school and dive into an intensive schedule to wrap up the first semester of their academic life and end the month with final exams. During this month, students face a heavy load of academic assignments, innumerous hours of preparation and all-nighters for review. Additionally, January brings teachers a busy time to [...]
What Can A Therapist Do For You?
"An unexamined life is not worth living." – Socrates Have you ever truly taken inventory of your life? Have you looked at what is and isn’t working? Who presents challenges for you? Is it a co-worker, spouse, child, friend, or neighbor? Maybe it’s a pet! In considering what isn’t working, where is there room for improvement? As a father of two young children, in a dual-income household, the stress inherent [...]