10 Reasons Why Special Needs Parents Love Online Counseling
If you’re a raising a child with a disability, you may have considered counseling in the past. You feel overwhelmed and alone, and not sure what’s best for your child. You’re starting to jump to the worst-case scenario when one thing goes wrong. You feel scared, sad,...
Top 10 Amazon Purchases to Help You Avoid Power Struggles when Your Spouse has Acquired a Disability
Your partner has acquired a disability like brain injury or Aphasia. It may feel like your daily planner should read: Watch partner struggle to do something independently. Suffer silently inside as you imagine the worst possible outcome. Also visualize how much easier...
4 Reasons Why I Don’t Demand Eye-Contact from Autistic Clients
Last week I was Janeen Herskovitz’s guest on the Autism Blueprint Podcast (listen here, Episode 45). I talked about how I practice mental health counseling with clients with Autism and other disabilities. Towards the end of the episode, I mentioned not caring...
How to Overcome Anger after an Acquired Brain Injury
After an acquired brain injury, you may struggle to manage your moods. Your family and friends may point out that you are angrier now. You may even recognize this anger in yourself, but feel powerless to stop it. How can you stop yourself from doing something if you...
5 Ways to Protect the Confidentiality of Counseling Clients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Confidentiality is a cornerstone of counseling. A client must trust that their best interest and privacy are at the forefront of all the therapist’s decisions. This includes keeping information that the client has shared confidential. It also means not...About the Mental Wellness + Disability Blog
Hi, I’m Rose Reif!
I offer counseling to disabled and neurodivergent people and their family members in my Cary, NC office.
Here on the Mental Wellness + Disability blog, I write posts intended to offer resources, useful strategies, and support to disabled and neurodivergent people and the people who love them.
