Bethany Durham

Attending your first counseling session can feel intimidating. Opening up about how you feel can be difficult, on top of navigating things like insurance and paperwork. Knowing what to expect will help you make the most of your experience.

Depression is one of the few deadly illnesses that can progress completely unnoticed by others. Many people who’ve lost friends or family to suicide had no idea that they were struggling. In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, here are some ways you can identify if a loved one is depressed or suicidal and what to do about it.

When parents think of back to school, they often think of report cards, parent-teacher conferences and other academic aspects of school. They may not realize that the social aspects, like making friends and joining clubs, are just as important to their child’s development.

For Siti Mariam and her family, simple things like going outside are a celebrated privilege. Siti Mariam and her husband Jamal are Burmese, and would face persecution in Burma because they are Muslim.

When case manager Sheena Campos met Army veteran Kenny Marsh, he was experiencing homelessness with his service dog, an American Bully named Wraith.