Dr. Scarlet interviewed for the Joseph Holmes Blog

Dr. Scarlet was pleased to have been interviewed by Joseph Holmes on her origin story as well as mental health awareness. Click Here to read the article.

 

Dr. Scarlet Interviewed by Women’s Health Magazine

Dr. Scarlet was very honored to have been interviewed about her experiences with life after Chernobyl by Women’s Health Magazine.  Click Here to read the article.

 

 

SuperKids FREE digital comic book

The FREE digital copy of SuperKids is finally here. This is an interactive activity self-help book for children with chronic illness and is a free tool for mental health providers, teachers, and doctors. It was written by Dr. Janina Scarlet, illustrated by Lora Innes, and lettered by Thom Zahler. This project was a part of the Pop Culture Hero Coalition’s mental health initiative and was created in memoriam of the late Len Wien, the creator of Wolverine, Storm, and many other Marvel superheroes.

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Super Kids Activity Book Cover

Becoming Incredible in the Face of Evil

The world in which children are ripped apart from their parents for running away from war and torture, a world in which the US pulls out of the UN Human Rights Council, a world in which children are being put into concentration camps and workers aren’t allowed to comfort them needs Superheroes now more than ever.

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My battle with the Pink Dementor

It’s that time of the year again – the fall. For many it is the time to celebrate all kinds of pumpkin goodness. However, for the thousands of people with Seasonal Affective Disorder, it is also a very challenging time. I am one of those people.

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How X-Men helped me overcome PTSD

“What wouldn’t I give to be normal!”

(Mystique, ‘X-Men First Class’)

I grew up on fiction. It was brain food to me. I generally preferred to read books to just about any other activity. Over the past few years I’ve been incorporating fictional characters into Superhero Therapy. For me these characters hold a deep and personal meaning, after all, some of them actually helped me recover from my own traumatic history.

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