Treating Sensory and Environmental Challenges

Jessica Broitman Ph.D. Co-authored with Miranda Melcher As discussed in a previous blog, sensory issues are essentially someone finding touch, sound, light, taste, or other sense-based stimuli either too much or too little in their effect, compared to the range of “normal.” These…

How Mindfulness Affects the Brain and Body

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. Neuroscientist David Vago begins each day with meditation. Like millions worldwide, Vago sees his mindfulness practice as good medicine holistically promoting health. Inspired by the staggering power of the human mind, Vago has studied the neurobiological mechanisms of mind-body practices…

Eradicating Labeling People With Mental Health Issues

Jennifer Guttman Psy.D. About 20 percent of adults have at least one mental health condition. People can embrace discussions about coping with mental adversity at home or out with family or friends. Be mindful and sensitive that the mental health…

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Losing Home: Rediscovering a Sense of Self

Elizabeth Heaney MA, LPC KEY POINTS It is essential to have a stable, clear sense of self. Sometimes, our identities go through profound changes, and we need to be able to rebuild a sense of who we are. Losing self…

Generative AI Could Help Solve the U.S. Mental Health Crisis

Ashley Andreou & ChatGPT At ten years old, I considered I, Robot a scary movie. To this day, it lives on as a flashbulb memory in my mind—loss of control and existential threat don’t sit well with me. A similar uneasiness took hold when…

More Than 1 in 9 Adults With Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Are Arrested Annually

Pew Trust Only 10% of all adults with co-occurring disorders received treatment for both conditions in the past year, national survey data show Policymakers are increasingly focused on justice system interactions with and outcomes for people with either mental illness...

Will New Hyper-Realistic Video Filters Harm Mental Health?

Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D. Close Encounters We are not the first to point to one of Silicon Valley’s favorite tenets, move fast and break things, and say, that’s fine, as long as those things aren’t people. But nowhere is this more…

The Road to Deep Emotional Connection With Yourself

Lawrence J. Cohen Ph.D. Playful Parenting   Acknowledge the emotions you have, and accept them all as normal and universal Adults still need all of their emotions to be seen, recognized, reflected, and validated, just like toddlers, kindergartners, school-age children,...

Common Reasons Why We Deny Our Trauma History

Kaytee Gillis, LCSW-BACS Messages such as “Honor your parents” and “Love is unconditional” contribute to messages that force survivors to deny their reality. Reading and self-educating are steps toward healing and empowering oneself to overcome one’s history. While conversations around…

The Mental Health Industry Transformation

How increases in mental health issues have transformed the helping professions. In the past two decades, mental health issues have been skyrocketing across the world, creating a need for mental health professionals. These days, we even talk about the mental…

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