Posts Tagged ‘mental health treatment’
Am I Too Young For Treatment?
Treatment may be an option, but are you worried that you’re too wrong? Which program is the best for you? Let us help you find the answers.
Read MoreCreate Your Life Worth Living
You are immensely valuable. Find your worth and explore new approaches to traditional therapy. Click here to read our article and learn more.
Read MoreWhy Do My Parents Need DBT Skills?
There’s this thing called DBT, it means Dialectical Behavior Therapy. You have been told that it is really great for both mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety, and substance use. When you get treatment for your mental health, hopefully the facility you choose will use DBT, it is one of the best treatments for…
Read MoreA DBT Refresher
Part of learning is to review, and particularly when you have had a chance to put something into practice, a review is very helpful. In treatment, you learned about DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. These were some of the skills that helped you to heal the most and to learn to manage your mental health.…
Read MoreWhy Should I Enroll in an Outpatient Program?
When a mental crisis hits, and symptoms are severe, such as severe depression, suicidality, or extreme or psychotic symptoms, then hospitalization or a residential program is necessary. In those cases, you need 24-hour medical care. But what if you know you need help, but you don’t need 24-hour care? What if you don’t want to…
Read MoreQuality of Life
When your mental health is beyond your own capabilities to manage, you can seek help before you hit rock bottom. It is a matter of choosing quality of life.
Read MoreWhat is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
One of the reasons people avoid getting help for mental health or substance use issues is because of the terminology. For some reason, that doesn’t stand in the way of us getting medical help, which has just as many strange terms. Okay, so perhaps it is the stigma, but one would have to agree that…
Read MoreTreatment with DBT
Acronyms and abbreviations are flying at you, and to be honest, flying past you at the speed of light. It’s not enough that you are just trying to keep your head above water. Now everyone that is trying to help you are using all of these letters, and you don’t know what they mean. But…
Read MoreAn Experiential Family Approach to Healing BPD
We were huddled around a bonfire during a heat wave in July. Julie’s mother was holding an empty bottle of painkillers in her hand. She raised the bottle and held it over the flames. I had led scores of burning ceremonies for students over the years, but I’d never had a parent spontaneously participate before.…
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