Irina González, MSW Student

Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy

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My Husband and I Tried Growing Self’s Couples Therapy—and It Did Not Disappoint

Posted on February 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Irina Gonzalez

Note: This therapy services review was written for and published on VerywellMind.com in September 2023. However, due to website changes beyond my control, it is no longer available on the site… But the internet gods allowed me to find it in its entirety, so I am re-posting it here . Enjoy! Growing Self made couples therapy…

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Oh, look, we bought a house! (And I became super stressed out)

Posted on August 16, 2018February 24, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s currently 5:40am on Thursday, August 16th, and I have been up since somewhere around 3 in the morning. This week has been terrible for my sleep and so, at the encouragement of my ever-loving, exceedingly patient, totally supportive husband Adam, I decided it was time to write about…

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How this night owl is going to attempt to become a morning lark

Posted on February 20, 2018February 22, 2019 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. I spent a good amount of time last night researching ways to become a morning lark instead of the night owl I naturally am. And today, despite going to bed later than I planned to, I am up again at 6 am, trying to form a habit that I…

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December Writer’s Life: How much I made & wrote in 2017 during the #yearofwriting

Posted on December 31, 2017April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Well, here we are. It’s the end of my #yearofwriting and I have some hefty writing goals to live up to. I’ll get into more of that later in this post, but first I just wanted to talk about December. What happened in December? Well, for…

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I love brunch and he loves pizza, so let’s get married!

Posted on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. When Adam and I first met, I discovered that my date absolutely LOVED pizza. So, for our fourth date, I made us pizza for dinner after a rousing two rounds of mini golf (I lost both times). Shortly after, Adam discovered how much I loved brunch…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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