by Theresa Drass | Aug 1, 2025 | children, Civil Rights, Community, Cultural Competency, Mental Health
Maxwell Burnbauer’s “Americanization through Education: The U.S. Influence on Puerto Rican Identity and Culture” offers a compelling historical analysis of the profound educational transformations imposed on Puerto Rico after 1898. This paper...
by Theresa Drass | Mar 12, 2025 | children, Family, Mental Health, Wednesday Wins, Women Owned Business, Work Life Balance
My recent trip to Walt Disney World was a whirlwind of magic, planned and executed in just 10 days (Thank you, Rachael)! ???? With all four parks on the agenda, our mission was clear: experience “It’s Tough to be a Bug” and “Dinosaur”...
by Theresa Drass | Jan 23, 2025 | Behavioral Health, CMS regulations, Expert witness, Legal Nurse Consulting, Treatment Plan
So much of my work has been specifically centered around the challenges of treatment planning the last couple of months, that I described how I imagine Behavioral Medicine treatment plans SHOULD look in EHRs to Gemini and asked her to organize this post: ????This...
by Theresa Drass | Jan 3, 2025 | Behavioral Health, Legal Nurse Consulting, Mental Health, SAMHSA
SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, was established in 1992, the year before I embarked on my journey as (a student) mental health nurse in 1993. Throughout my career, SAMHSA has been a primary and consistent source of support,...
by Theresa Drass | Jul 14, 2024 | Community, Healing, honesty, Mental Health, Peace, Unity
“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein This writing started as a cathartic “note to [a very disheartened] self”. ????✍️ “In the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know...
