Camie Nitzel, PhD LP, Licensed Psychologist and Founder of Kindred Psychology, responds to Nebraska's new regulations regarding gender affirming care for minors. You can read the full letter below, sent on November 1, 2023 to Dr. Tim Tesmer, the Chief Medical Officer of Nebraska DHHS. Dr. Tesmer is responsible for creating and regulating these new...
With the new year, we're all seeing some changes in our 2022 Health Insurance Information. Usually, Courtney helps gather new Health Insurance Information from clients at the front desk during the first sessions in January. This year, since we're still using Telehealth due to COVID-19, we need clients to actively collaborate in communicating their 2022 Health...
Kindred Psychology is proud to collaborate with Nebraska Mental Health Association of Nebraska (MHA-NE) in our COVERED Telehealth Accessibility Program. This program provides a safe, private, accessible, and routinely sanitized Telehealth Room in which clients can continue their mental health care services during COVID-19. The Telehealth Room is located in a refurbished art studio in...
Public health officials suggest we protect one another from exposure to the COVID-19 virus by social distancing. This practice helps curb spread of the disease; however, the isolation that accompanies social distancing can bring equally dangerous mental health and social consequences. What if instead of thinking about social distancing, we consider every action in the...
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect. I am standing here as a black lesbian poet, and the meaning of...
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is Authenticity. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person,...
On October 16th, 2019, Kindred Psychology celebrated International Pronouns Day (IPD) with our staff and clients. IPD is a day to celebrate and support our transgender and gender-nonconforming friends! We believe that using a person's gender pronouns is an easy daily practice with an enormous impact. If you are unfamiliar with the significance of pronouns...
