Source: OliverKepka/pixabay You feel you could benefit from therapy, but you know upfront that you can’t do any long-term treatment—your insurance won’t cover it, you’re moving out-of-state in two months, or you…
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How Psychotherapy Can Help With Election Stress
Many of us, deeply troubled by the uncertain political future of this country (or by other social stressors, like the environmental crisis), don’t know where to get relief from our suffering. Some…
Red Light Therapy and Methylene Blue May Promote Brain Health
By Mitchell Liester and June Winsor A new therapy is showing promise for the treatment of mental illness and neurodegenerative disorders. This treatment, which consists of a blue dye and red light,…
Can “Retail Therapy” Help You Feel Better?
Although there continues to be, for some, a stigma attached to psychotherapy, there is an alternative mental health “intervention” that seems to have received almost universal acceptance: what’s euphemistically referred to as…
How to Talk to Your Therapist
Source: theimobrand/pixabay There’s a built-in challenge in establishing your relationship and getting the help you want from a new therapist. While you’ve probably had numerous interactions with medical doctors, if you’re new…
How to Talk to Your Therapist
Source: theimobrand/pixabay There’s a built-in challenge in establishing your relationship and getting the help you want from a new therapist. While you’ve probably had numerous interactions with medical doctors, if you’re new…
2 Series That Nail Their Representation of Mental Health
Source: Samuel Taylor From ‘Sex Education’ / Netflix Comedy is a great form of refuge for those seeking relief from the trials of everyday life. But sometimes, beneath the humor, some comedy…
The Jackie Robinsons of Mental Health
They both can write, but this guy couldn’t hit an open layup if his life depended on it.. Source: WikiImages from Pixabay / Used with permission. My favorite writer said the following…
It’s All DBT, All the Time on “One South,” the HBO Documentary
“One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit” was released on MAX on June 24. Source: HBO Documentaries A prominent dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) therapist, Rachel Reich recently gained widespread recognition for her…
4 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Therapy Sessions
Have you ever sunk into the couch at your therapist’s office, given a report of the week, and scheduled for next week without a sense of knowing where you are going in…