by Christine Frank | May 27, 2018 | Good Therapy, Mental Health
Dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, is being used more and more by therapists across the board. Why? DBT works. It promotes new growth that you can see in your everyday life. It helps shift a person’s perspective toward acceptance. DBT teaches specific...
by Christine Frank | Mar 10, 2018 | Body/Mind, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Esteem, Stress
Yoga has a reputation for being one of the best ways to take care of your body, mind, and spirit. Or in other words, yoga incorporates Holistic Wellness. Its practice originated in India over 5,000 years ago, and its ancient techniques have reaped all kinds of...
by Emily Becker | Jul 24, 2017 | Adulting, Family Matters, Mental Health
watch to the bone… or not The release of To The Bone, an original feature film on Netflix about a young woman with anorexia nervosa, has generated a lot of attention. Is it triggering? Is it thinspiration? Should you even watch it? As a mental health provider...
by Emily Becker | Apr 7, 2017 | Mental Health, Positive Psych, Self-Esteem
In my last post I wrote about the importance of checking in with yourself emotionally; however, emotions are only one piece of self-awareness. “Know thyself,” asks a bigger question. This bit of wisdom from ancient Greece is often attributed to Socrates, but is likely...
by Dr Aletta | Sep 27, 2015 | Good Therapy, Mental Health
October 1 looms large for us mental health and medical professionals in the US. From that date on we’re required to switch from using the DSM V or ICD-9 codes for illness to the International Codes for Disease tenth edition (ICD-10 for short). This is already...
by Dr Aletta | Apr 3, 2014 | Anxiety, Mental Health
As soon as I saw the “Breaking News” my heart sank. Another shooting. Another gunman. More dead, injured, traumatized. Then I brace myself for those two little words that always accompany these disastrous gun-related events: “mental illness.”...
