Mente Blog
An Interview with Margaret Lacy, LMHC about SPACE Treatment Program
I am very excited to share this interview with our readers. Without hesitation, I can say Margaret is one of the most amazing people I have met in my life. I first met Margaret over 4 years ago, and what struck me the most about her was how grounded she remained...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Oct 10, 2022 | 4 min read
The Pictures in our Minds: Using EMDR to Heal from Traumatic Memories
I want you to imagine yourself as a child. At some point, we were all children; only a couple of feet tall, perhaps infants, without words or coordinated movements. For all of us, there was a time when everything that we encountered was brand new. We might have...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Sep 27, 2022 | 6 min read
An Interview with Liz Hadley, MA, LMHCA
From the moment I first met Liz, I knew there was something special about her. We met on the phone, and even while talking in this way I could tell that she was poised and steady, delivering thoughtful and well-paced answers to my clinical questions. It didn’t take...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Sep 13, 2022 | 8 min read
The 2022 Filipino American National Historical Society Conference
An interview with Euryale Gadin, LMHCA, and Tara Cristobal-Rivera, MS, CN from Mente Counseling & Consultation When I started Mente Counseling & Consultation, I couldn’t have imagined having a more amazing team of colleagues and friends taking this journey with me....
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Aug 23, 2022 | 4 min read
Our kids are Scared: Violence and the Increase of Trauma, Stress, and Fear in Children
I have had the privilege of working with young children and their families for many years. This has meant that I have been able to engage people of all ages in conversations about challenging subjects since the beginning of my career. However, I have noticed that...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Jun 10, 2022 | 5 min read
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Children: What We Know So Far about the impact to the 0-5 Age Group
The COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting lives globally for over two years. The magnitude of this event has meant that most of us have spent the majority of this time hoping for answers while also tracking multiple changes in the information available. Despite...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Jun 7, 2022 | 13 min read
Learning at Mente: “Letter-Writing Workshop: Supporting Clients with Gender Affirming Care”
Some of the values we hold most dearly at Mente are Learning and Advocacy. Given the unrelenting oppression of our LGBTQI+ community, in particular the youth in Texas and Florida currently, we decided it was time to brush up on our letter writing skills to support...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Mar 9, 2022 | 1 min read
Eating Disorders Among BIPOC Women
“Melanin – which determines skin color in our bodies – does not protect from an eating disorder” – Marisol Perez, Ph.D. I wanted to study eating disorders among BIPOC communities in my nutrition graduate school studies. However, most of the research articles I...
Tara Cristobal-Rivera | Feb 18, 2022 | 4 min read
Brains and Butterflies: How Our Logo Came To Be
Isn’t it fascinating what we remember from our childhoods? The way in which a word or a sound, perhaps a change of temperature or a random circumstance can open the vault of our memories to allow us to reconnect to information stored within us? Something like this...
Martha Stebbins-Aguiniga | Feb 16, 2022 | 4 min read
Introducing Tara
Have you ever stopped mid-breath after reading a text? If yes, then I feel you. Deeply. Four years ago, I received a text from my dad stating he had a mild heart attack. And at that moment, I felt like the wind was knocked out of me. Thankfully, he recovered well...
Tara Cristobal-Rivera | Feb 8, 2022 | 3 min read
