When Our Healers Hurt

Trusted Therapy, Inc Tonya McFarland, PsyD Licensed Clinical Psychologist 1030 Johnson Rd, Suite # 280 Golden, CO  80401 303-709-5897 trustedtherapy.com tonya@trustedtherapy.com When Our Healers Hurt After the recent mass casualty incidents in the United States during the past several years, I wonder how these experiences have impacted our healthcare professionals.  This topic has become of greater importance to me because …

Benefits of Pet Ownership

If you’ve ever worked with me or spent more than five minutes with me, you likely know the importance I place on my dogs.  Having grown up with multiple four legged pets throughout my childhood, I understand the benefits of sharing my life with these furry companions.  As a child I didn’t know the research behind pet ownership, but what …

Who Will Kill Next?

Since the recent mass shootings have occurred, our country has been struggling with how to handle these situations and more importantly, how to prevent them.  Legislators have proposed multiple options ranging from stricter gun control, to increased cover of mental health services, to increasing security in places such as schools.  It seems that everyone has their own ideas of how …

Are You Repeating Your Past?

So it has been a month since you set your most recent New Year’s Resolution.  What was it for?  Was it the same as your goal from last year?  What about the year before?  So many times we set goals that are the same or very similar year after year.  Why do we do this?  Typically the response that I …