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Mental Health Pros and Cons of TikTok

Mental Health Pros and Cons of TikTok

We love connecting with people on TikTok. We follow therapists and other mental health professionals. It can provide a great way to get tips, ideas, inspiration and just a break from whatever is going on in the world around us. There's a whole world of therapytok and tiktoktherapists. However, there are mental health pros and cons of TikTok use for...

Overlapping Symptoms in Mental Health Diagnoses: A Fresh Perspective

Overlapping Symptoms in Mental Health Diagnoses: A Fresh Perspective

This blog post was written by Associate Marriage and Family Therapist Mark Resch. He has looked at a recent paper about the overlapping symptoms in mental health diagnosis. This study aimed to map the repetition of symptoms across diagnoses in the DSM-5. The researchers looked at the 202 diagnoses in the adult psychopathology section of the DSM-5 and identified 1,419 symptoms. They...

Selling SEL: Social Emotional Learning for Adults

This blog post about Social Emotional Learning for Adults (SEL) was written by associate therapist Julie K. Peters. You can learn more about Julie from this therapist interview. If you are interested in working with Julie, or any of our other therapists, contact us today. Selling SEL: a blogpost by: Julie K. Peters  “Emotional learning is not a quick or...

What Should I Expect In My First Therapy Session?

What Should I Expect In My First Therapy Session?

Maybe you've never been to therapy before. Or perhaps you've never seen the type of therapist that you're about to see. It's normal to find yourself wondering what to expect. What happens in a first therapy session? Of course, each therapist and each client is different, so things can unfold in many different ways. However, we asked a few of...

A Therapist Reviews a Book: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

A Therapist Reviews a Book: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

We love it when we see a therapist review a book. After all, they can give us insights into the human psychology aspect of a book that we might not have considered ourselves. This can greatly enhance our reading. Therefore, we're thrilled to bring you a book review by associate therapist Julie Peters. She tells us about "The Ministry of...

Recent Bipolar Disorder Studies and Research

Recent Bipolar Disorder Studies and Research

There's always new information coming out about mental health. In this article, we'll go over a little bit of the history of bipolar disorder. Then we'll look at some of the most recent study findings about the condition. You can learn more about bipolar depression here. Are you seeking therapy for bipolar disorder? Learn more here about how therapy helps...

AI Technology Used In Conjunction With Different Types of Therapy

AI Technology Used In Conjunction With Different Types of Therapy

We are continuing our conversation with ChatGPT about the role of AI in therapy for mental health. If you haven't been following along with us, you can start here. That's where we asked ChatGPT to provide us with information about the topic. Then we went on to ask about the best and worst possible outcomes for using AI in therapy....

Understanding Bipolar Depression: Symptoms, Types, and Resources

Understanding Bipolar Depression: 35 Books, Movies, and Podcasts

Bipolar depression is one aspect of one type of mood disorder on the depression spectrum. There are also subtypes of bipolar disorder that include bipolar depression as a symptom. Let's go over the basics of what it is but also dig deeper into some things that you might want to know about living with bipolar depression. Scroll down for a...

What Is The Depression Spectrum?

What Is The Depression Spectrum?

There are different types of depression. Major depression is what you might typically think of as depression. You might also think of bipolar depression. The depression spectrum is the sort of continuum of different conditions with symptoms related to these conditions. Alternatively, we may call these mood disorders. Of course, we don't love the word "disorder" since it inherently compares...

Conversations with Clinicians: Julie Peters

Welcome back to Conversations with Clinicians where we interview one of our associate therapists. We like to give you this opportunity to learn more about the way that they work. Moreover, they give us some great tips and resources that we hope you'll find helpful. Today, meet Julie Peters. She is a California therapist providing Telehealth therapy. What is Your...

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