Blog categorized as Therapy

How quickly do you think you’ll be able to diagnose patients?' The question caught me off guard. I had recently graduated and was excited about this job interview. Up until that point, I thought I was doing alright. But this question tripped me up.


Should I have them repeat it? No, it’s too sim...

06 Aug 2024 10:00 AM
Trauma. We hear the word get thrown around a lot. It’s become so overused or misused it almost carries no meaning. As a clinical mental health counselor, sometimes I don’t even like using the word because it feels cheap. Nowadays, people tend to use trauma to describe anything ‘shocking, d...
02 Jul 2024 10:00 AM
I love what I do for work. It doesn’t feel like work for me most days. However, there are some things that I don’t like about the mental health field. Insurance is one them. Let me explain.

Typically in the United States, health insurance companies cover mental health services in the same w...

02 Jul 2024 10:00 AM
Riley walked in visibly agitated. I was a new therapist and this was going to be our first meeting. But by the looks of things, I could tell this wasn’t a standard intake session. After we exchanged pleasantries and laid the ground work for therapy, I asked Riley, ‘What’s on your mind?’

Almost before...

04 Jun 2024 10:00 AM
In 2022, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimated that 48.7 million people aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder¹ – that’s roughly 17% of the US population. Now, these are people that qualify ...
07 May 2024 10:00 AM