Tag: Mental Health

Shop Around-Find the Right Therapist for You Finding a therapist that is right for you can be a very daunting ...

Depression during the Holidays There can be joy around the holidays for many, but as Christmas week gets closer some ...

When I think about recovery from mental illness three words come to mind: resilience, hope, and hostilities. Mental illnesses can ...

One of my favorite Dialectical Behavior Therapy concepts is "Wise Mind". Using your wise mind is all about striking balance ...

by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Are police officers adequately trained to handle disturbances that involve individuals with mental illnesses?  News ...

by Mike Tikkanen Photo Credit: PEARL GABEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS America seems to own the market of mistreating people with mental health problems.  Whether ...

In my last article, I introduced the Standards of Self-Care that were created by The Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. ...

I’ve been doing some reading on self-esteem lately, particularly how it relates to codependency. According to Pia Mellody, people with ...

Can knitting help keep you sane? Homesteading seems to be a part of hipster culture nowadays. It's not uncommon to ...

In my day-to-day as a clinician, I hear a lot of expressions using crazy. For example, "Am I crazy?" or ...

It's not uncommon for a client to enter my office with previous experiences in therapy elsewhere. When meeting a new ...

Paralysis, confusion, shame are all feelings I experienced upon hearing my diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I know I am ...

Social work is a field offering a diverse array of challenges and exciting opportunities to improve the lives of individuals ...

  Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the ...

When we talk about the ethical responsibility we have to take care of ourselves as helping professionals, we don’t necessarily ...

Life with a mental illness is challenging and adding school on top of that can make it seem unbearable. 1 in ...

Deciding whether or not to take medication for our mental illness has got to be the most difficult decision one ...

The U.S. House of Representatives declared July National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in 2008. Being that minorities are already ...

"You can't help others until you first help yourself". "Don't burn your candle from both ends". I used to hate ...

We often excuse a person’s behaviors when drinking alcohol as, “he normally doesn’t get belligerent like that, it’s just he ...