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How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits

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Although many people may still feel that there is a stigma attached to seeking mental health services, we all need help from time to time. It is essentially a helping relationship between a licensed mental health professional and a client. In this article, we’ll discuss how to choose the right therapist for you.

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How to Help Someone Who’s Experiencing PTSD

Gateway Foundation

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can severely impact a person’s life. When a partner, family member, or friend has PTSD, it can also take a heavy toll on your relationship with them. What PTSD Looks Like. Avoidance Symptoms. Arousal and Reactivity Symptoms.

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Mental Health Check-in

Abuse Survivor

I was triggered into a depressive episode after having a severe infection. Even as I practiced the coping skills that I had learned I felt myself sink longer and lower into the depression. I think anyone would under my circumstances of life plus debilitating PTSD symptoms. I do not get a break and relief is fleeting.

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What I Learned About Navigating the Mental Health System

Beautiful Voyager

I have been through a series of around thirty medications, plenty of therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists’ doctors, drug infusions, and even electric shock. I begin looking further into more advanced rehabs, but research has shown me that I couldn’t find one mental rehabilitation center that accepted Medicaid or Medicare in the US.

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Whole Person Care: What It Means, How To Use It, and Why It’s Important

Relias

This has been especially true for psychology, where mental health has traditionally been seen as something wholly separate from physical health. Recently, however, research has uncovered just how connected every aspect of health truly is. Western medicine has traditionally segmented the body into different parts.

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Emotional Support Animal Massachusetts: Know The Laws 2023

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Photo: Team Design Emotional support animals provide therapeutic companionship to people with mental health disabilities. Unlike service animals, an ESA’s primary role is to provide emotional comfort rather than perform tasks to assist people with a physical or mental impairment. The two most prevalent ESAs are dogs and cats.

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Emotional Support Animal Massachusetts: Know The Laws 2023

Blurt It Out

Photo: Team Design Emotional support animals provide therapeutic companionship to people with mental health disabilities. Unlike service animals, an ESA’s primary role is to provide emotional comfort rather than perform tasks to assist people with a physical or mental impairment. The two most prevalent ESAs are dogs and cats.