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Yoga and Bodywork: Healing Interventions for the Mind and Body

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Katiuscia Gray, LCSW is a certified yoga teacher (500hr) and psychotherapist. In 2019, she became a certified clinical child and adolescent anxiety treatment professional (CCATP-CA). She is the owner of Mind Meets Movement Counseling Services, an integrative health practice in Lynbrook, New York. Mind Meets Movement Counseling.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

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Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW). By Carla B.

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Members in the News – June 29, 2023

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Yahoo Brent Metcalf , a licensed clinical social worker specializing in alcohol and drug addiction counseling , specifies that parents should talk to their children about substance abuse no later than age 9, because that’s the age some kids are introduced to alcohol and drugs. Anxiety is in a lot of ways a healthy emotion.

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News Items – July 29, 2022

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Clinicians of Color was founded by Lisa Savage, LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) , and Kim L. It’s obvious when our desks are messy,” said Dr. Beth Plachetka, LCSW, EdD and owner of Safe Harbor Counseling. Knight five years ago. These two mental health professionals met on Facebook and immediately clicked.

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News Items – September 28, 2022

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Discernment counseling is a short-term therapy “designed to help couples on the brink of divorce gain clarity and confidence about deciding on a direction for their marriage,” according to Susan Lager, LICSW, a psychotherapist and relationship coach who conducts discernment counseling in Portsmouth, N.H. PsychCentral. Dentistry IQ.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

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Leia Salzman, PhD, LCSW, from the Tulane University School of Social Work, describes collective trauma as “an event, or series of events that shatters the experience of safety for a group, or groups, of people.” Collective trauma occurs when this type of event happens to an entire community.

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News Items – October 27, 2022

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Emily Lynch is a member of NASW-CT: What to Do About Work Anxiety: A Therapist’s Top 3 Tips. Quiet quitting, worker burnout, the infamous “grind”: Work anxiety is as high as it’s ever been for Americans. People may experience “difficulty concentrating and a flooding of anxiety,” she says. “It Hartford Healthcare.