How Parents Can Protect Their Mental Health This School Year
By: Dr. Einat DeLong, Psychologist, St. Luke’s Penn Foundation As summer comes to an end, many parents begin shifting into back-to-school mode.... Read More...
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Meet Ken
After a serious car accident left him unable to drive, leave his home, or get through daily life, Ken found himself struggling with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder – and struggling even more to ask for help. As a proud man, admitting he needed support was hard. Through his work with the trauma unit, neurology, psychiatry, and therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, Ken found a way…
Meet Maria
After a lifetime of emotional abuse – first in her family, then in her marriage – Maria came to St. Luke’s Penn Foundation struggling with depression, anxiety, and PTSD she hadn’t yet recognized. Working with Dr. DeLong, she found something she’d never experienced before: feeling safe. Over time, the weight of her trauma began to shift. Today, Maria is painting again, reclaiming her voice, and…
Meet Paula
For years, Paula moved through loss by burying the pain and pressing forward. When COVID arrived, everything she’d been carrying surfaced at once, and she disappeared into a fog. Through therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation, she learned to recognize the negative thought patterns keeping her stuck and built a toolbox she now reaches for without thinking. When fresh losses came, she was ready.…
Meet Chuck
For most of his life, Chuck carried the weight of words his father told him – that he was stupid, that he’d never amount to anything. It wasn’t until a chance conversation at work led him to therapy at St. Luke’s Penn Foundation that he began to see things differently. Through CBT and cognitive restructuring, the darkness slowly lifted. “Imagine a bird in a cage with a shroud,” he says. "When that…
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