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The Ellie Blog
Mental health tips and insights
Destigmatizing Therapy: How to Talk to Your Kids about Mental Health
At Ellie Mental Health, we believe that therapy should be the norm. When things are tough, it’s a great way to look after yourself and develop a plan to optimize your mental …
Triggers: What they are, why you have them, and what you can do about them
Unless you spend an average of zero minutes per day on social media, you’ve no doubt come across the word “trigger.” For the most part, I consider this to be a good thing. After …
How To Talk to Your Parents About Your Mental Health
If you’re struggling with your mental health, it can be very difficult to tell someone else how you feel. And even if you’ve been able to share that you’re having a hard time with …
“I Don’t Need Therapy…”
Many of us have thought at some point, “I don’t need therapy” for one reason or another. We may believe that we have it all figured out and can handle it on our own, maybe we have …
Why We Need to Talk About the Male Mental Health Stigma
There are many barriers that stand in the way of people getting mental health care, and as a society, stigma is one of the most problematic and destructive hurdles we have to …
How to Support a New Parent
May 5th is World Maternal Mental Health Day (and all of May is Maternal Mental Health Month!!), so perhaps while you are enjoying some tacos and potentially a limey beverage I want …
Overcoming Pandemic-Induced Anxiety
I’ve been hearing it from my clients, young and old. I’ve seen it in my teenage daughters. I’ve even felt it myself: Social anxiety that simply was not there prior to 2020. Or at …
What is Conscious Breathing?
For several millennia, practitioners of meditation, yoga and monastic prayer have emphasized the incredible importance and mind-body benefits of proper breathing. However, it is …
Teletherapy vs. In-Person Therapy: Why Hybrid Counseling Is So Effective
Teletherapy has forever changed the way we look at mental health care. A couple of years the word “therapy” may have evoked images of a cushioned chair, bookcases lined with …
The Elephant in the Room: Five Steps for Expressing Needs to Your Partner
Dear Ellie: How do I express needs to my partner? Dear Ellie, I have been dating my partner for a little over a year, and we are both recently graduated from college. It was …
