Depression Archives | Damon Silas

What’s your New Year’s ACTION Plan?

December 29, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

I have a question to ask you if you don’t mind. I’m just curious what your New Year’s Resolution…ahem…ACTION Plan is? You see, we all have resolutions at this time of year. I get it. This is the time when we start thinking about what we want to accomplish in the New Year. It’s […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Natural Healing, New Year's Resolution Tagged With: Action plan, anxiety, clarity, Depression, growth, meditation, Mental Health, Mental wellness, mindfulness, Motivation, natural healing, New Year, nowness, Psychology, Self-Help, spirituality, Unstuck

Happy Independence Day! Here’s Your Chance to Win Personal Freedom!

July 4, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

In honor of Independence Day (and the 2-year anniversary of the release of my first book, From Mourning To Knight: Overcoming Loss), I’m doing a book giveaway! Enter now for your chance to win a FREE signed copy of my book. And the more you like and share, the more chances you have […]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Mental Health, Natural Healing, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Mental wellness, Motivation, Psychology, Self-Help, Stuck, trauma, Unstuck

The psychology of separating children from their parents

June 30, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

We as mental health clinicians are mandated reporters. That means we must report when someone or something is unsafe for a client, and most importantly, a child. So I have a duty to warn. My duty in this case is to warn against the atrocities that are occurring in this country right now. There […]

Filed Under: Abuse/Neglect, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, immigration, Mental Health, Parenting, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: anxiety, children, Depression, immigrants, immigration, Psychology, PTSD, resilience, system, trauma

Reflections on the Justice System Through the Eyes of a Client

June 28, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

I’m speechless. I feel helpless. What do I do? I’ve been working with this client for the better half of a year, and never did I think it would come to this. Never did he think it would come to this. But he was always cautiously optimistic. Perhaps I should’ve been too. Despite all of […]

Filed Under: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Justice, Legal System, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Tagged With: Depression, justice, legal, Mental Health, PTSD, system, trauma

Mental Health In The Workplace

April 28, 2018 by Damon Silas Leave a Comment

Yesterday I had the pleasure of recording an interview with Titus Bartolotta and Chris Allison of Solutions From The Huddle on Charlotte’s ESPN The Game, 730am. The interview will air Sunday, April 28th at 7:30am and will also be offered as a recording afterwards, including through a podcast. I was initially asked to be on […]

Filed Under: Abuse/Neglect, Anxiety, Depression, First Category, General, Grief, Hemp, Mental Health, Natural Healing, Parenting, PTSD, Self-Esteem, Trauma, Uncategorized Tagged With: Action plan, anxiety, Depression, meditation, Mental Health, Mental wellness, mindfulness, natural healing, natural health, Psychology, PTSD, Self-Help, spirituality, Stuck, therapy, trauma, Unstuck, workplace