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Christy Barongan, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

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Recent Posts: Normal in Training

Client Spotlight: Meet Dee

I am currently working with a client who is smart, funny, irreverent, and inspires me so much that I asked her if I could write a blog post about her. Dee is 73 years old and entered therapy for the first time 2 years ago during the pandemic. Although Dee knew that she needed help […]

It’s Time

So I had been on a pretty steady writing roll at the beginning of the year, publishing about a post a week, when something unfortunate happened. My psychiatrist thought that my antidepressant wasn’t working so she recommended that I taper off of it. She thought the problem was that I have PTSD and should do […]

Self-Awareness

I recently finished reading The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. It is about the sexual assault of Trixie Stone and the secrets and lies that are unveiled in her family as a result. The title is in reference to Dante’s Inferno–part 1 of the poem The Divine Comedy. If you didn’t have the pleasure of […]

Self-Care, Part 3

Lately I’ve been reading old blog posts in an effort to reconnect with myself. I have gotten better at practicing self-care. I am better able to recognize when I’m hungry, when I’m anxious, and when I have to pee. Those 3 used to feel really similar for some reason. Now I feed myself. Last week […]

I Rise

I may fall and fall and fall. But then, like the Phoenix, I rise. I am born again. – Me I may fall and fall and fall. I am long overdue for an update. I am so thankful that my existence persists in the minds of my friends, who continue to check on me and […]

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Normal in Training

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