I'm still fleshing out the nuances of inhabiting both sides of this space: peer and clinician.
I was recently inducted into a club I never wanted to be a part of — I call it the “Therapist’s Worst Nightmare Club.”
More than a Patient: Using a Recovery-Based Approach
Black Men and Mental Health: Practical Solutions
How We Can Improve our Approach to Treating Psychosis
Thoughts on The Pandemic, Trust Issues and Trauma Survivors
Caring for Those Who Care for Us: Physician Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Recent Changes May Affect Access to an Important Medication
Overcoming Stigma: Helping People Accept Their Mental Illness Diagnoses
Aspects of Culturally Competent Care That We Don’t Talk About (But Need To)
How the Mental Health Community Can Support Black Mental Health
How Lived Experience and Identity Shape Mental Health Counseling
The Most Common Symptom That Is Rarely Asked About
Trauma in Children of Latinx Immigrants
Disgust: A Natural Emotional Response to Abuse
6 Ways You Can Help a Loved One on Their Healing Journey
Experiencing Both Perspectives of EMDR: Provider and Patient
Self-Help Techniques for Coping with Mental Illness
Rural Mental Health Work: One Therapist’s Journey
Reflections on Medicine, Shame and Stigma
Everyone Deserves Adequate Mental Health Care
Getting Involved with Minority Mental Health
Opioids and Substance Abuse: What Can We Do?
Treating Depression When Medication Doesn’t Work
5 Ways I Help Myself When My Job is to Help Others
Why Suicide Reporting Guidelines Matter
Early Psychosis Programs Are Changing Lives—But What if You Can’t Find One?
A Therapist’s Journey: Learning the Art of Self-Soothing
Is It a Mental Health Problem? Or Just Puberty?
Ensuring Your Child is Supported at School
I Found My Purpose
My First Voice
Showing Strength in the Face of Mental Illness
Mental Health Conditions are Legitimate Health Conditions
Substance Use Carries Mental Health Risks—Yes, Even Marijuana
Why Some People Harm Themselves
How to Respond to Self-Harm
Understanding Self-Harm
Reshaping My Relationship with Myself
What To Do if Your Workplace is Anxiety-Inducing
Writing Tips that Can Reduce Symptoms
How Do I Know if My Therapist is Effective?
My Great Wake-Up Call
The Problem with Yelling
Mental Illness: A Common Bond
How Dogs Can Help with Depression
Depression Doesn’t Need an Explanation
Motherhood and Your Mental Health
A Sermon of Truth About Depression
The Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression
Understanding Dysthymia
The First Step in Getting Mental Health Care
Let’s Talk About Depression
The Pathway to Peace of Mind
Pawing for Recovery
Translating Lived Experience into a Compelling Novel
Keys to Managing Schizophrenia
Learning to Change in Order to Heal
PTSD and Trauma: Not Just for Veterans
Telehealth: Transforming Child Mental Health Care
Integrated Treatment for Mental Illness and Substance Use
Stigma Affects Everyone, Even Doctors
Outreach and Engagement for Early Psychosis
Navigating the Mental Health System with Dual Diagnosis
Understanding Dual Diagnosis
Why Borderline Personality Disorder is Misdiagnosed
FDA Approves Medications for Tardive Dyskinesia
It’s Time to Talk About Suicide in LGBTQ Communities
Life After Survival: Why Cancer Survivors Need Mental Health Care
How Do We Get the Men into Mental Health?
Preventing Mental Health Effects of Divorce on Children
What You Should Know About Toxic Stress
Attention Spans in the Age of Technology
Disparities Within Minority Mental Health Care
Seeking Help When You Need It
Challenging Multicultural Disparities in Mental Health
Expanding Access to Mental Health Care
The Stigma Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder
Supporting Yourself is a Must While Supporting Your Loved One
Supporting Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Distress Tolerance Techniques to Prevent Self-Harm
Offering Hope for Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder: What’s the Difference?
Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
The Stigma in Our Health Care System
Ways to Advance Your Mental Illness Education
Depression is an Illness, Not a Weakness
Taking Another Look a Too-Often-Forgotten Treatment for Schizophrenia
Understanding Psychotic Breaks
Medicaid Matters: Lifting a Family from Fear to Hope
How Should We Be Treating First-Episode Psychosis?
Balanced Partnership Raises the Scale of Mental Health Awareness
Talk to Your Doc During American Heart Month
Finding the Right Mental Health Professional for You
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
Strategies of Living Well: Four Secrets in Plain Sight
The Power of Pet Therapy
A Voice at the Table: NAMI and Community Partnerships
How Art Can Help Monitor Bipolar Symptoms
My Journey to Becoming a Mental Health Professional
New Report Shows Challenges Facing People With Serious Mental Illness Living on SSI
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