by Samantha Levick | May 28, 2026 | Ann Arbor
When people hear that I trained at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and completed my postdoctoral fellowship at Michigan Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) they might assume that a move into private practice would feel anticlimactic — too simple...
by Beth Pearson, Ph.D. | May 20, 2026 | Ann Arbor
Growing up in Michigan, I’d often hear my parents complain about how awful the winters were and how they couldn’t wait for them to be over. As a teenager, I’d snarkily reply, “You’re choosing to live here- you could just move,” without appreciating the many complex...
by Maggie Kelly | Apr 23, 2026 | Ann Arbor
I knew all the signs and symptoms of perinatal mood and anxiety issues (PMADS), had worked with countless parents around anxiety, depression, and scary thoughts, but I naively never thought I would experience them. It didn’t matter that I had a mental health...
by Beth Pearson, Ph.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | Ann Arbor
Early Spring in Michigan can be a slog. The weather teases us briefly with opportunities to shed our heavy coats, hats, and gloves, step outside without wincing and then- boom- hail storms and the return of gray skies that make you question every life choice that led...
by Beth Pearson, Ph.D. | Feb 18, 2026 | Ann Arbor
People assume that being a psychologist means I have my emotional life figured out. And honestly, in a lot of ways I do — just not the way they’d expect. There’s an unspoken assumption that we’re supposed to model vulnerability, sit with discomfort,...
by Beth Pearson, Ph.D. | Jan 22, 2026 | Ann Arbor
Just moments ago I was on my hands and knees scrubbing my dog’s underside because she’d rolled in something disgusting in our yard. I was huffing and puffing as I wrangled her, getting completely covered in dog fur, my knees soaked from snow-puddles,...
