When relationships feel strained, distant, or confusing, many couples aren’t sure what kind of help makes sense. Over the years in my work as a couples therapist, I’ve found that understanding what’s going on in a relationship—getting some clarity—is a crucial first...
Dr. DiBlasio introduces her writings on mental health, wellness, trauma, resilience, and healing on Substack, Unsilenced for Good. Topics range from coping with today’s stress, cultivating courage, the neuroscience of trauma and healing, and responding to danger or...
This short video acknowledges the scope of sexual violence in our country while highlighting a non-profit organization that for 20 years has been working together to create effective solutions to combat the problem. Ordinary people can make an extraordinary...
Dr. Bruce Chalmer recently published his third book, entitled Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again. If you've experienced betrayal, if you want to help someone who has been betrayed, or even if you're the one who betrayed...
I have always loved words. I love to read them and sometimes to write them. Words are powerful. I love words so much that I have been known to occasionally make up my own. I say these word creations so casually that sometimes people---just for a split second- --think...
As 2023 is coming to a close, it is a natural time for reflection. Overall, it has been a year full of both gifts and challenges. On the plus side, we were thrilled to welcome two new mental health professionals to Stone House Associates this fall. Katy Howe, M.S.W.,...
Our own Dr. DiBlasio, as well as additional members of The Safety Team were thrilled to be interviewed on four international podcasts: Couples Therapy in Seven Words, Disrupting the Dominoes, Notice That and Beyond Trauma. Each episode covers different information and...
Dr. DiBlasio and The Safety Team’s Therapeutic Sexual Violence Recovery Program is Transforming Lives. “I am thrilled to be recognized for this honor based on the tireless work of The Safety Team and the great need for the work that we are doing,” said DiBlasio, who...
Wait, what? Isn’t that supposed to be “Never go to bed mad?” What am I saying—that you should make sure to be mad before you go to bed? Of course not! Who wants to go to bed mad, or in any other kind of distress, if you can avoid it? What I am saying is that...
Stone House Associates is very excited to launch our brand new, completely redone website! It features new content, new photos, and an updated layout! While it was hard to let go of the former trusted and true website, we LOVE the look and functionality of the new...