DepthNotes
My Personal Journal of Topics I Love in
Psychiatry, Story, and Soulwork
What Is the Everyday Gaze?
Explore a gentler way of seeing, through the lens of nervous system safety, not self-improvement. No pressure to perform, no need to document. Just simple, mindful noticing. ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
January 21, 2026•4 min read
Self-Concept, Self-Image & Self-Esteem: The Sacred Trio of Self-Knowledge
If you’ve ever wrestled with how you see yourself… how you feel about yourself… and how those inner conversations shape your mental well-being, you’re not alone. ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
January 05, 2026•3 min read
Migration Stress and the Immigrant Psyche
Migration isn’t just about paperwork and flights. It’s about the invisible grief that follows you, even after the bags are unpacked. You may have chosen to leave, but even chosen departures come with ... ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
September 02, 2025•4 min read
The Inheritance: How Intergenerational Trauma and Epigenetics Shape Mental Health in Diasporic Bodies
Discover how ancestral trauma lives in the body through epigenetics and inherited nervous system responses—and how culturally attuned psychiatry can help us heal what our grandmothers were never allow... ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
August 05, 2025•4 min read
🎓 Post-Grad Panic? CBT Can Help
You’ve got the diploma. Maybe a little sheet cake. And a brain that won’t shut up. Welcome to life after school: a weird cocktail of excitement, dread, and intrusive thoughts like: “If I don’t have ... ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
May 20, 2025•3 min read
✨ What If You’re Not “Too Much”—Just Misunderstood?
Reframing Personality Through Compassion, Curiosity & Creativity ...more
Adult Mental Health ,Child and Adolescents Mental Health
April 19, 2025•2 min read
Meet the author
I’m Patria Alexander, PMHNP-BC
I’m an integrative psychiatric nurse practitioner who believes your mental health care should honor you, your story, your culture, your creativity, and the experiences that have shaped who you are. In our work together, we’ll move beyond symptoms to help you reconnect with your identity through narrative, ritual, and visual reflection, so your healing feels personal and lasting.
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