by Rubin Khoddam | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
Let’s face it: sleep is something we all need to function and when we don’t get enough of it, we can feel pretty awful. Medical studies have shown us just how important sleep is for our overall functioning. Chronic sleep deprivation has been linked to higher risk of...
by Rubin Khoddam | Oct 6, 2021 | Mental Health, Blog
All of us here at COPE are very excited to announce that our licensed providers are now credentialed with ComPsych! ComPsych is the largest provider of Employee Assistance Programs to employees and helps provide behavioral health services to hundreds of organizations....
by Rubin Khoddam | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog
Dr. Sylvanna Vargas has a particular expertise in treating self-harm, trauma, and emotional dysregulation, as well as the way these issues intersect with addiction. Dr. Vargas works with adolescents, young adults, and minoritized people, including ethnic, sexual and...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 17, 2021 | Blog, Trauma
For anyone suffering from PTSD, it’s not uncommon to feel alone in your experience, but cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a safe, evidence-based treatment that has been proven to help with trauma healing. If you or someone you care about is struggling with...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 10, 2021 | Trauma, Blog
One of the first tasks of trauma-focused therapy is to begin gaining greater emotional awareness. This is necessary for trauma healing. One way to increase awareness is to listen to your body and to think of the input being received from your thoughts, bodily...
by Rubin Khoddam | May 3, 2021 | Trauma, Blog
Trauma has a significant impact on the body. It sensitizes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the area of the brain responsible for our body’s central stress response system. The cumulative impact of trauma(s) can make us quite reactive to stress....