Mental health is a deeply intricate and personal aspect of our lives, and finding effective treatment is crucial. While mental health medications have brought hope and relief to …
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Adolescents and Suicide Prevention: A Guide for Clinicians
The teenage years are often marked by profound emotional and developmental shifts. Teens today are grappling with not only the timeless struggles of identity, acceptance, and …
The Heart of Ellie: Erin Opoku
Reflections from an Original Clinician on Ellie's Evolution Welcome to a brand new series we’re calling “The Heart of Ellie.” As Ellie grows and evolves, we stay grounded in the …
What are Culturally Responsive Therapies?
Culturally responsive therapies go a step further than conventional approaches, offering a transformative space where clients can be seen, heard, and understood within the context …
Conversion Therapy: Why It’s Harmful and Why Banning It Matters
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 …
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 …
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 …
