Posts by Dr. Tashika Holloway
Trauma & PTSD
Trauma has become somewhat of a buzzword lately in social media and other platforms, however when I meet clients for the first time many may not see their own experiences, either from childhood or later in adulthood as ‘traumatic’. As you begin or consider counseling it helps to have an understanding of a variety of…
Read MoreUnderstanding Codependence
This post was inspired by podcast chat last year with Autumn Collier of The lady & The Couch podcast and The Well Woman practice. Check it out here I noticed the same traits continuing to come up for so many of my clients. A lot of times it looks something like anxiety, often at work…
Read MoreRadically Accepting 2020: Pt 2
Throughout the month of May I was asked to offer my mental health perspectives for one of my best friend’s pages (IG @urbnplayground) for a weekly mental health Q&A to discuss how to understand what we have been experiencing as we are adjusting to our post-COVID life. Then in June once again we were all…
Read MoreRadically Accepting 2020: Pt 1
I have noticed over the last couple months of transitioning my practice to telehealth sessions I have been talking a lot about radical acceptance. It is one of the principles of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Therapy, which says that when we accept difficult circumstances that are beyond our control we actually reduce our own level…
Read MoreSelf-Care vs. Wellness
There is a lot of discussion about self-care recently in social media. In my opinion, self-care often refers to a one time spa day or mani/pedi when you feel like you need to treat yourself. But unless you have a plan in place approaching self-care in this way often becomes sporadic or when you are…
Read MoreWholeness to Wellness
Happy new year! My blog will likely be new to most and there’s good reason for that. It has taken me nearly two years since finishing my doctorate degree to even get enough clarity to consistently work on the many projects that I’ve had in my head, including promoting the blog. I really had to…
Read MoreWhat is DBT & is it for Black Women?
Trauma is one of the main issues I specialize in & I implement many of Marsha Linehan’s (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) DBT interventions (Barlow, 2001; Neacsiu et al., 2012). This therapy integrates concepts from different counseling theories and has very specific behavioral techniques to address the severe emotional responses related to past trauma and relationship/attachment issues.…
Read MoreBeing a ‘Strong Black Woman’ & Our pain
The mind and body are connected right, so here I am talking about our physical health and medical treatment. Increasingly in social media articles & videos we have seen more about the experiences of Black women and our health. Celebrities such as Serena Williams & Beyoncéshared their traumatic childbirth experiences. As a result there has…
Read MoreMore than dropping off cards
When it comes to receiving business from physician offices so often I hear counselors & other mental health professionals say, ‘I dropped off my cards, my flyers, and mailed a letter to my local area doctors but I haven’t received any referrals’, & most likely you will not. Physician offices are inundated with all types…
Read MorePart of the team: Strategies to improve counselor collaboration in healthcare settings
When I first began my career as a counselor my official title was ‘assessment and referral counselor’. I was conducting assessments in a psychiatric hospital and local hospital emergency rooms. I was routinely consulting with psychiatrists and ER physicians regarding the best level of care for behavioral health patients in crisis. Initially intimidating I learned…
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