Lee Wong-Holland, PsyD

11/05/2021

Learned about an opportunity for people to learn about trauma with wonderful providers! This is a 1-session Trauma and PTSD Workshop. Open to anyone, 18+ who has experienced a traumatic or distressing event and would like to learn more about symptoms of and common reactions to trauma. The workshop will include some concrete coping tools and discussions about treatment options. Cost is $10 but if cost is a hardship, please contact us at: admin@trecdcpsychotherapy.org

The workshop will be offered every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 3-3:45pm Eastern Time (*no workshop on 11/25 or 12/23). Register at EventBrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trec-dc-trauma-ptsd-information-workshop-tickets-195273597587

07/09/2021

Excited to announce that, earlier this month, I received PsyPact authorization!

The interstate pact agrees to honor licenses in good standing and permits telehealth services across state lines. This authorization allows for greater continuity of services and increased access to care. I'm very pleased to provide this option to all my current and future clients.

06/25/2021

So honored to speak today at East Asian Inclusion Summit to address AAPI Mental Health.

Your work to highlight the experience of the AAPI community is inspiring and I am thankful to have been a part of it.

06/14/2021

A neat summary of ways to reduce your stress, improve your mood, and increase healthy habits!

05/29/2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a drastic increase in prevalence rates of anxiety and depression in the Asian American community. Despite over 40% reporting struggles, Asian Americans are 1/3 less likely to seek mental health services.

If you are worried about your mental health, please know it is not a path need walk alone. Reach out to the services and resources there to help.

05/11/2020

With nearly 2 months of sheltering-in-place behind us, many families have struggled with the overwhelming, ongoing demands of parenting, crisis schooling, and work-from-home. For anyone feeling burn-out from the stress, here is a FREE resource that may offer helpful strategies to manage your needs in addition to everyone else's.

Topics covered will include:

Starting where you are: Acknowledging how hard things are and being gentle with yourself

Create Your own Safe Harbor: Ways to build a support group

How to carve out time for yourself during the day

Mindful awareness and acceptance practice

A focus on allowing yourself to feel anger, sadness, stress, and also choose to not act on it/react to it. (It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. We all are.)

Learn defusion exercises to help you step back from your thoughts

Methods to engage in self-compassion, shift your expectations, and let yourself off the hook. (The world has tilted on its axis – it is not upon you to fix it.)

Parental burnout is a specific syndrome resulting from enduring exposure to chronic parenting stress. It is not ordinary stress, and signs can include exhaustion in one’s parental role, contrast with previous parental self, and emotional distancing from one’s children. To date, research on paren...

05/11/2020

With nearly 2 months of sheltering-in-place behind us, many families have struggled with the overwhelming, ongoing demands of parenting, crisis schooling, and work-from-home. For anyone feeling burn-out from the stress, here is a FREE resource that may offer helpful strategies to manage your needs in addition to everyone else's.

Topics covered will include:

Starting where you are: Acknowledging how hard things are and being gentle with yourself

Create Your own Safe Harbor: Ways to build a support group

How to carve out time for yourself during the day

Mindful awareness and acceptance practice

A focus on allowing yourself to feel anger, sadness, stress, and also choose to not act on it/react to it. (It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. We all are.)

Learn defusion exercises to help you step back from your thoughts

Methods to engage in self-compassion, shift your expectations, and let yourself off the hook. (The world has tilted on its axis – it is not upon you to fix it.)

We are proud to announce that Dr Lisa Coyne and Dr Evelyn Gould are partnering with PRAXIS to offer a free webinar next week for parents - ACT strategies for dealing with parental burnout. Register here: https://www.praxiscet.com/events/free-webinar-act-parental-burnout/

04/03/2020

The country has been through many terrible times before, and has been able to be resilient in the face of those challenges. With so much that feels uncertain, here are many ways to focus on managing your own mental health.

We will get through this together.

Managing feelings, practicing self compassion, and embracing distraction.

03/26/2020

A wonderful resource found and shared by speech therapist, Marci Britt of Small Talk.

Written by Kim St. Lawrence Read by Ryan St. Lawrence Note from the author: No children's story should be written in a weekend, but I wanted to get this out ...

03/26/2020

These extraordinary circumstances have thrown parents into needing to juggle work, parenting, and homeschooling. This impossible combination of tasks is undoubtedly overwhelming. I hope this can serve as a reminder that we may often expect too much from ourselves and our children. Here's to wishes for patience and connection, for yourselves and your little ones!

03/22/2020

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" - Mr. Fred Rogers

The world, and the news, became rather scary this past week. Through all the uncertainty and worry, I was moved by how people all over the country tried to help one another. Doctors, nurses and health aides work tirelessly. Delivery people and grocery stores try to manage demands. Artists and teachers opened their homes virtually to children. The influx of resources for parents suddenly homeschooling has been overwhelming. This resource may be helpful to organize what may benefit your child.

As we continue to work through this national crisis, let us continue to help one another so that our kids also see the helpers and not just the fear.

All the ideas. In one place. This week has been nothing short of incredible, in the best and worst meanings of the word. On the one hand, our lives have been turned upside down. And on the other, our friends and neighbors are stepping up in ways we never thought possible. Virtual field trips! Daily....

03/20/2020

When the world feels out of control, we can quickly become overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety, irritability, and agitation. A shift in focus to what is controllable within one's own life can help reduce the stress and make even these tough times feel more manageable.