About Collegekind. Collegekind is the virtual home of my work as a researcher and psychotherapist dedicated to helping adolescents and young adults navigate the challenges of school and life transitions, build resilience, find meaning and connection, and launch into healthy adulthood. Here, I share my writing and speaking on mental health in higher education and related topics.
About Miriam Merin, LCSW. I’m a Swiss-American psychotherapist serving adolescents and young adults in Northern Virginia. My studies and career have lived at the intersection of mental health and education: I’m a graduate of Brown University, where I earned a B.A. in education history & policy, the University of Oxford, where I earned an M.Sc. in higher education, and of the Brown School at Washington University in Saint Louis, where I earned an M.S.W. with a focus on mental health. Alongside my clinical work, I’m pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh, where my research explores the college experiences of individuals who have overcome early life trauma.