What is a Psychoeducational Assessment?
Discover what a psychoeducational assessment is and how it can help children, teens, and adults identify learning disabilities, ADHD, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Learn about the process, benefits, and how Solasta Psychological Services can provide tailored support and recommendations.
The Beginners Guide to Meditation
How to Take An Effective Mental Health Day
It all begins with an idea.
Who cares about emotions anyway?
Emotions are messy. They don’t fit neatly into boxes or always follow logic. One minute, you feel on top of the world, and the next, a wave of sadness, frustration, or anxiety can hit out of nowhere. Emotions are complicated—often a blend of joy, fear, love, and anger, all rolled into one. This complexity can make it hard to understand what we're truly feeling, let alone explain it to someone else.
But perhaps what makes emotions most challenging is how vulnerable they make us feel. When we open up about our feelings, we risk judgment or misunderstanding. Yet, vulnerability is also where connection happens. It’s in those moments of emotional honesty that we form deeper relationships with others—and with ourselves.
Tips for a Mindful Back-to-School Transition
Tips for a Mindful Back-to-School Transition
by Solasta Psychological Services
Transitioning back to school can be a time of growth and learning, not just academically but emotionally too. At Solasta, we believe that with mindful preparation, we can nurture a positive school experience for every child.
Stretch Your Body, Expand Your Mind: Yoga for Mental Health
Through mindful breathing, focused concentration, and gentle movements, yoga helps alleviate stress and anxiety, fostering emotional balance and resilience.
How to Pick A Therapist
How to Pick a Therapist
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, otherwise known as EMDR is a therapy modality most recognized for its empirical support as a trauma treatment, however, research continues to identify EMDR’s effectiveness with a wide range of disorders including depression, phobias, addiction, OCD, and chronic pain.
Anxiety is Not the Problem
When we get anxious, the amygdala, the threat center of our brain, turns on, which in turn turns off our prefrontal cortex, our thinking brain. As a result, we see the world in a distorted way. We start to misinterpret information as threat, and believe that our thoughts are facts, instead of just thoughts. We may feel that something bad is about to happen, and so we start to feel more and more anxious.
Rest is not a Reward
Rest is not a reward.
How do I start a mindfulness practice?
How do I start a mindfulness practice?
Videos (you don’t want to miss)
A collection of helpful (and sometimes funny) videos that highlight the importance of emotion and compassion in our relationships (with ourselves and others)