According to a recent study by the Williams Institute at UCLA, approximately 698,000 adults in the US have received conversion therapy, and about 350,000 of them were adolescents …
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What to Know About Intensive Outpatient Programs: A Closer Look
It goes without saying that there isn’t a “one size fits all” option for mental health treatment. There are a wide variety of therapies, medications, settings and regimens that can …
Racial Trauma Therapy: Understanding The Impact of Racism on Mental Health
As a society, it's undeniable that we are still grappling with the deep-rooted wounds of racism, and for people of color, these struggles can have a very personal and complex …
Why is Bipolar Disorder Commonly Misdiagnosed?
In some ways, Bipolar Disorder is a pretty straightforward mental illness and is fairly easy to diagnose (at least in theory): A person has a manic episode which, without …
How to Talk About Mental Health at Work
Everyone has mental health, and whether or not you have a mental health disorder, everyone has bad mental health days. So, what do you do when your mental health is getting in the …
TMS Therapy: A Life-Altering Treatment for Depression That Won’t Go Away
Have you been down, sad, or depressed and feel like you’ve tried everything? Feel like you hit a wall? Tried what seems like every therapy and medication under the sun? You bought …
Depression Medication: How Psychiatric Treatment Can Help
Today there are more teens, young adults, and elderly people suffering from depression than ever before, and yet, in many spheres, the subject remains taboo—to be whispered about …
Mental Health Medications: A Comprehensive Guide to Psychiatric Treatment
Taking the first step on anything can be trying. Newness has all sorts of natural barriers to it, plunging into the unknown. When that unknowability applies to your own mental …
Letter to BIPOC Clinicians
Welcome to the world of therapy. I know it might look, sound, and seem scary. At times you may be unsure of yourself, uncertain of who you are and even what you can do. You may …
What is Psychedelic Therapy? – Q&A with a Psychedelic Therapist
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy combines talk therapy with the careful use of psychedelics to enhance the therapeutic process. This type of therapy helps people get “unstuck” and to …
Quiet Quitting Is Loud: How Employers Can Ignite Passion in the Workplace
Quiet quitting has been a major buzzword in the last few months. As many have experienced anxiety, depression, extreme work stress, and burnout in the years following the pandemic, …
Virtual Reality Therapy: Overcome Your Fears With VR
Have you ever turned down a vacation because you don’t like flying? Denied a road trip because driving is scary? Heck, maybe you despise going into your basement due to those …
