Perspectives
SCG Staff Articles
Immigrant Day - Self Reflection
I have lived as an immigrant for almost half of my life. Living as an immigrant for all this time is how I found the strengths and qualities that make me today. As an immigrant, leaving one’s country, family, and everything that is known since birth becomes a challenge that is not easily grasped.
World Mental Health Awareness Day
Read what the SCG staff therapists have to say about mental health as we observe World Mental Health Awareness Day.
The Raw Truth about Abusive Partners in a Relationship
Domestic abuse or intimate partner abuse incorporates many aspects of negative patterns in relationships. Unfortunately, domestic abuse does not discriminate by age, race, gender, faith, class, or sexual orientation. In terms of intimidation, manipulation, and control, the abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, spiritual, or psychological.
The Impact of Racial Discrimination on Latino Women’s Mental Health
The Latino/a population encounters one of the most direct and cruel stereotypes in the United States. For Latinos in particular, it is very difficult to establish a credible reputation in American society despite all the efforts, the education, and the hard work put into these tasks. American-born individuals have the erroneous belief that Latinos, in particular, drain the country of its economic resources and do not contribute to a balanced economy. Some of them have even developed a racist ideology, prejudice, and nativist sentiments against this population.
The Reality of the Latino Population’s Mental Health
Our own experiences have touched our souls and those of generations before us so intensely that sometimes we conform with less than we deserve
So What is Domestic Violence?
For the sufferer, domestic abuse is hard to detect because of the abuser’s capability to calibrate him or herself to the needs, fears, and wishes of the victim. Then, the abusive partner's interactions are manipulative, sudden, and coercive.
A Message of Hope from SCG
SCG Staff Therapist Diana Moscoso, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, reads Philippians 4:12 and discusses how to find grace and gratitude during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Is There Hope in Substance Abuse?
In an age when almost twenty-one million Americans suffer from at least one addiction, 500 people die every hour as a result of addiction-related causes, drug overdose deaths have tripled in the last thirty years, and the cost of addiction in America is over $600 billion a year, where do we go for help?