Elise Franklin LMFT

08/18/2021

The article from April is worth a re-visit since Languishing seems *particularly* bad right now

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

05/05/2021

ayo wanna talk about mental health in the entertainment industry? Rachel Bloom (crazy ex GF) will be moderating a panel of therapists for the Wright Institute that I'll be on. see you there.

12/28/2020

Toxic Positivity is real. If you find yourself invalidating your feelings regularly, this podcast episode with Susan David may be helpful.

‎Show Terrible, Thanks For Asking, Ep What's Negative About Positivity? - Dec 1, 2020

11/03/2020

Including meditation apps, therapy apps and a list of online mental-health resources to help you take care of yourself in these turbulent times.

06/23/2020

"This is the only medical illness that we use criminal justice to respond to."

05/02/2020

If you're having a hard time concentrating, sleeping, reasoning, or feeling like yourself- this can help explain what this pandemic is doing to us psychologically.

This is why you're exhausted just from being alone.

04/02/2020

Hi, How Are You 😷 - My thoughts on a challenging time

03/26/2020

this daily dance party + seeing my own therapist this week have saved my life in these horrifying times.

If you or someone you know needs mental health services please feel free to reach out and I'll see if I, or a therapist I know can see you via video or phone during this super crazy scary time.

We're gonna get through this.

Dance teachers are moving their classes online as coronavirus keeps people trapped indoors.

03/23/2020

practicing Physical Distancing is important but Socializing is still really important (via video chat, phone, text etc)

“Just like we’re worried about an economic recession, we should worry about a social recession,” a neuroscientist says.

03/19/2020

we need connection now more than ever so get on that phone

There are few things as nourishing as the human voice, especially during a quarantine.

03/18/2020

This is for people that had sh*tty parents and are struggling with the confusing feelings people feel when the tables are turned and they feel responsible for their abusive parents' caretaking. Article by Madeleine Holden Julie Alp and I offer some psychological perspective.

Nat, a 34-year-old non-binary New Zealander, describes their father as a “world-class sh*tty dad.” His “greatest hits,” they say, include the time he threw his...