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Domestic Violence Survivor Resource List

Relationship, Therapy, Tips
Miami-Dade Miami-Dade Advocates for Victims Hotline numbers: (305) 758-2546 or (305)247-4249 (Homestead) Hotline TTY numbers: (305) 758-2546 or (305)247-7674 (Homestead) P.O. Box 380817 Miami, FL 33238-0817 Administration: (305)758-2804, ext. 224 FAX: (305)756-1347 Shelters: The Lodge Hotline number: (305) 693-0232 P.O. Box 470728 Miami, FL 33147 Administration: (305) 693-1170 FAX: (305) 693-2831 http://www.thelodgemiami.org/ Shalom Bayit (For Jewish Victims of Domestic Abuse) SHalom Bayit offers full spectrum of compassionate and confidential services to survivors and their children who are victims of domestic abuse. In order to help them make the transition to a new life free of fear and intimidation, JCS Shalom Bayit offers short-term stays in a safe house, financial assistance, counseling, child care, job training and placement. Pro bono legal and medical services are offered as available. Shalom Bayit Hotline…
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Graduate Mentorship: Your Complete Guide

Graduate Mentorship: Your Complete Guide

Blog, Business
What is Graduate Mentorship? Graduate mentorship in psychology is supervised clinical practice required by almost all graduate level and doctorate level programs in the United States. Once a student choose psychology for their academic and career path, they begin to learn clinical practice on a more hands-on level than their undergraduate studies. Why is Graduate Mentorship important? The importance of having a mentor who can help you navigate through the new world of practicing psychology as a therapist, counselor or social worker is key to gaining professional experience in the real world, outside of a classroom setting. It is one thing to learn the theories and research developed in the field of psychology from a lecture with a professor explaining and providing examples of hypothetical situations a student might see…
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Parenting Special Needs Children

Parenting Special Needs Children

Blog, Parenting, Tips
It’s no secret that being a parent is hard. It’s seemingly impossible to be a perfect parent, and that’s okay; after all, we are all human. While being a parent within itself is difficult, being a parent to a child who has special needs can sometimes be even more difficult. If you look online, there are endless tips and tricks to make life easier. While they all seem great in theory, it’s sometimes hard to apply those tips to your actual life. We found a few tips that aren’t very hard to incorporate in your daily life, yet they can make a huge difference. We also interviewed a parent who knows what it is like to have a son with a disability. Hopefully some of our findings can help you,…
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Dating 101: Your Guide to Getting Back into the Scene

Dating 101: Your Guide to Getting Back into the Scene

Blog, Relationship, Tips
Getting back into the dating game can be intimidating. Between feeling awkward, not knowing how the other person feels, and the all-around stress of the vulnerability you put yourself through by dating, it can all be enough to send someone running for the hills and wanting to give up on dating all together. If this post is already stressing you out, it’s time to breathe a sigh of relief because I have some good news: dating doesn’t have to be like that. Dating can be fun and enjoyable regardless of the other less enjoyable factors. Here are a few tips that may make navigating the dating life a little bit easier for you. Know Yourself First. This tip should be your first priority, as it will help lay the foundation…
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Domestic Abuse and Violence: What The Eyes Can’t See, The Heart Can Feel

Domestic Abuse and Violence: What The Eyes Can’t See, The Heart Can Feel

Blog, Events, Relationship, Therapy
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that in the US, 33.3% of women and 25% of men have been victims of some sort of abuse in an intimate relationship at some point in their life. This means that 1 in 3 women we have met in our life has been affected by domestic abuse and 1 in 4 men we know has been victimized in an intimate relationship. Although, this may be a disturbing statistic, we have the power and the means to influence and change this madness. How do we begin? We start with knowing the signs. They are not always immediately visible and because we always look for the best in our partners, we often brush it aside when they are consistently appearing. It is also important…
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Your Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Attacks

Your Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Attacks

Therapy, Tips
Anxiety and stress. These are words we often use when we face unfamiliar situations in our live. Be it at work, school, or in relationships. They are unwanted burdens that begins by ignoring the mounting stress. As the stress accumulates, it transforms into the feeling of being overwhelmed, and into anxiety. At this stage, we might experience something called an anxiety attack where all of our fears and anxieties abruptly takes over, and overwhelm us. The onset of an attack is recognizable through increased heart rate, sweating, tense muscles, and difficulty of breathing. An anxiety attack is an event that sends a tremendous shock and disrupts us emotionally, mentally, and sometimes physically. Fortunately, there are ways that will help you deal with an anxiety attacks. So lets delve into not…
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Re:Fresh Your Relationship

Re:Fresh Your Relationship

Blog, Relationship, Tips
     Always keep in mind, we each have a love language and a style of communication. For many it’s physical affection and for others it could be verbal affirmations of love, gift giving, or simply time spent with one another. Identify both yours and your partners love language and use it to keep your relationship fulfilled. If you know the way you show love is to spend quality time, make sure your partner knows that you place value on spending time so they can make sure your needs are met, instead of assuming they just know you well enough to understand your needs. If your partner’s love language is gift giving, make sure you show appreciation for everything they give to you, even if it’s as simple as a new pair…
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Hurricane Safety Tips

Hurricane Safety Tips

Blog, Tips
As the first predicted hurricane of the season approaches this week, South Florida has started going into a frenzy in preparation for Hurricane Matthew. Stores can barely keep up with water and canned food sales and hurricane shutters are beginning to go up. As unpredictable as bad weather can be this time of year, it is key to have a game plan and keep our stress level normal as we try to carry on with our everyday activities. The key to remaining hurricane ready is all about maintaining order. Stay up to date. Staying in the know wont be hard with hurricane Matthew. It seems every news station and radio broadcast has not only the latest update on Matthew’s progress through the Caribbean, but also their own opinions on whether…
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Adapting Yourself into Single Parenthood

Blog, Parenting, Tips
Breakups takes a lot out of you. It takes all of your energy just to cope with the emotions and it takes a lot of your resources trying to reclaim your life and prepare for a future that is so different than what you imagined. Therefore it is only natural to feel overwhelmed when you are adapting into a future as a single parent. Odds are that you did not plan for this to happen, and this one question will keep coming up:"Where do I go from here? To begin, it is necessary to know that going into the realm of single parenthood means one thing: 24hrs is not enough and in the midst of all the craziness that welcomes you, here are a few important things to remember as…
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Adoption, Blog, Tips
       The concept of conducting a home study prior to adoption in the United States dates back to the turn of the 20th century when orphans were placed on trains that took them out of the industrialized city and into rural areas of the country where they would be cared for by foster families who ensured that children escaped living in dirty, impoverished conditions. “Child-carers” or, what we refer to today as caseworkers, were responsible not only for ensuring that the families taking in children were equipped with money, food and space for a child but also that they were kind and loving people that would benefit a child otherwise destined to live on the streets of America’s overpopulated cities.        In the 1950’s the government established “minimal standards” for homes taking…
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