Recently, I have been listening to the podcast “Why She Stayed” by Grace Stuart to learn more from testimonials from women who have been in relationships where there is domestic abuse. Domestic abuse can also be referred to as intimate partner violence, I will use these terms interchangeably. Unfortunately, intimate partner violence…
A term that has been going around in the culture for a while is the concept of gaslighting. It seems like every other video on social media is “how to identify gaslighting.” I’ve discussed this term with a variety of clients so it may be helpful to go into it…
Written by Marissa Halstead January 19, 2026 Continuing from my previous blog about parenting done well, there are four, well-documented and observed parenting styles. Not every parent fits into one of these categories, and certainly parents oscillate between parenting styles. Though this list and the examples are not exhaustive, the…
By Marissa Halstead, LPC I was always very interested in developmental psychology. The ways in which children grow and form into adults with various quirks (or lack thereof) has always been fascinating to me. In graduate school, I learned there are a variety of factors which contribute to why we…