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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

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By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T The National Institute of Mental Health defines specific phobia as an intense, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger. Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are evidence based practices that mental health counselors use to treat phobias.

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News Items – August 18, 2022

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Audio] Some 2,000 mental health care clinicians in California are on strike. Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Almost 2,000 mental health care workers have walked off the job in California. Hamlet Hub.