We cannot resolve chronic homelessness by endlessly recycling people from shelters to hospitals to jails to rehabs to court to…
One of my people has a disabling traumatic brain injury and a history of numerous incarcerations. He has bounced around…
Advocacy is very much about intensive follow-up activity once chronically homeless people have been housed. Within the past few days,…
Lending a helping hand. People helping each other concept. One of my people was released from an inpatient substance abuse…
The woman having her hair cut and styled in this photo just moved into her very own apartment this month…
After spending over ten years working intensively with chronically homeless people and conducting research on the streets, I’ve noted that…
There are so many inaccurate preconceptions about “mental illness” when it comes to people experiencing homelessness that appropriate interventions may…
It is emotionally disrespectful to tell people to “just get over it” whatever “it” is. It’s the psychological equivalent of…
We are inclined to let our imaginations run away with us under stressful conditions. We often conjure up worst possible…
One way to re-establish emotional equilibrium in our lives is by focusing on gratitude. The more unsettled we feel, the…