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Defeating Cognitive Distortions: Tips For Better Thinking
Cognitive distortions are distorted or dysfunctional ways that we think about events in our lives. For many of us, engaging in negative thought patterns (whether we are aware of them or not) often...
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Grief and Loss: When Seasons Change
A very real part of living with or dealing with an individual with a severe or untreated mental health disorder is loss and grief. For the rest of us, unexpected change can usher in feelings of loss...
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Adolescence and Violence: What We May Never Understand
Around the same time 2 weeks ago during the Houston Texas Community College shootings, Nehemiah Griego, 15 years old, shot his family to death in Albuquerque New Mexico. The young man allegedly...
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Treading Lightly: How To Deal With Violent Behavior
As I continue to receive breaking news reports in regards to the 5-year-old Alabama boy, with an autism spectrum disorder, being held hostage by a 65-year-old former veteran and truck driver, I can do...
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Suicidal Thoughts: Know Signs and What To Do
Families are quite unaware of what leads their loved one(s) to consider suicide. Suicidal ideation is the act of entertaining thoughts of taking your life. For the most part, depression alone can...
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When Your Loved One Needs Care: Understanding Confidentiality
Many families and friends express frustration with confidentiality when healthcare information is needed. Confidentiality is defined as your legal and moral right to privacy in a therapeutic setting....
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When Your Loved One Needs Care: HIPAA
Therapists face pressure when it comes to employing the principles of HIPAA and confidentiality, which often go hand and hand. Confidentiality is your legal and moral right to privacy in a healthcare...
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When Your Loved One Needs Care: Patient Rights
It’s always important to have a thorough discussion with your healthcare provider prior to receiving treatment. This gives you the opportunity to ask questions about treatment, length of treatment, and...
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Assisted Suicide and Mental Illness: Broaching The Topic
How would you feel if an individual stated the following to you? I want to commit suicide using assisted suicide when I turn 56 because I have severe Multiple Sclerosis and major depression, my life is...
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When Mental Illness and Homelessness Collide: What to do
Homelessness can affect any of us. No one is exempt from this reality. Life is simply unpredictable. For many struggling with homelessness, it can be rather easy to hide. With a PO Box or the address...
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Facts On ECT: Concerns With Shock Treatment
Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT), termed shock therapy in the 1940s and 1950s, is a type of treatment used in cases of resistant or severe depression. It is often the last resort following a line of...
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Balancing The Argument Against Civil Commitment Laws
While surfing the web I read an article about the “uncivil” nature of civil commitment laws. Civil commitment is the legal process by which an individual with a severe mental illness can be...
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Avoiding An Emotional Hangover: Picking Yourself Back Up
Have you ever noticed your emotions the day after a very stressful day running errands, meeting people, supporting family or friends, working, and meeting deadlines? Have you awakened wondering if you...
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Managing Stress While Job Searching: Families & Veterans
Stress is often high in families while job seeking for individuals returning from the military or suffering from severe mental illnesses. Google this topic and it becomes apparent just how overlooked...
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Grief and Loss: When Seasons Change
A very real part of living with or dealing with an individual with a severe or untreated mental health disorder is loss and grief. For the rest of us, unexpected change can usher in feelings of loss...
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Treading Lightly: How To Deal With Violent Behavior
As I continue to receive breaking news reports in regards to the 5-year-old Alabama boy, with an autism spectrum disorder, being held hostage by a 65-year-old former veteran and truck driver, I can do...
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Family & Friends: Embracing A New Definition Of Love
Love is more than a feeling of butterflies at the thought of one’s beloved or a fleeting desire and stream of words in a love ballad. Love is complex and entails a silent thread by which we connect to...
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Facing A Crisis: Tips On Steps To Take
A crisis is usually defined as a severe situation in which events are expected to be dangerous or unstable. No one likes a crisis or situation in which life is completely out of our control. No one...
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How To Find Courage In Feelings Of Uncertainty
“I am thankful to all those who said no to me. It’s because of them I did it myself”__Albert Einstein Did you know that rain brings growth to more things than plants and flowers? I have seen just how...
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Chronic Homelessness: Libraries Are “Shelters” For Our Homeless
According to the National Alliance To End Homelessness (2013), at least 250,000 families are homeless. The National Center On Family Homelessness reports that 1 in 45 kids, or 1.6 million, are homeless...
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