Therapeutic animals have been successful in nursing homes, hospice, physical rehabilitation facilities, group homes, and hospitals, enabling people to lead more independent lives.
Mind & Spirit
How Alcohol Can Interfere With Therapy
In a competition with alcohol, therapy always loses. Getting drunk is just a much easier and quicker way to cope. But it leaves you emotionally immature and dependent on alcohol to deal with personal problems.
Are You Anxious About Going Back to School?
By Betty Martello, MSW, LCSW It's September: Time to trade your beach bag for a backpack. As a tween or teen you may be feeling school-related anxieties. You are not alone. Most students feel this way. How you choose to deal with these anxieties, however, will make...
Violence in the American Workplace
By Lynn Hagan, PsyD, CTRL, LCSW Introduction Type IV: Personal Relationship Violence Economics of Workplace Violence Identifying Potential Violence Logisitics of Workplace Violence Protection from Workplace Violence Type I: Criminal Intent Violence If Workplace...
Is it Late Life Depression or Grief?
Grief that becomes serious and persistent inhibits the healing process and increases the risk for depression and other psychological disorders.
Adolescents and Depression
Introduction Signs of Depression Cause of Clinical Depression Treatment Who Can Help? Introduction Adolescence can be a roller coaster ride of extreme highs and lows. Teenage moodiness is so common that parents typically consider teenagers' mood swings as a...
Women, Depression and Cognitive Therapy
By Carole B. Okun, MSW, LCSW-R Introduction What Is Depression? Reproductive Cycles Influencing Vulnerability to Depression Other Factors Leading to Women's Vulnerability to Depression Action Plan for Suicidal Thoughts Cognitive Therapy Treatment for Depression...
Culturally Sensitivity in Mental Health Care
Providing needed services to people in diverse cultures requires much more than having caregivers with similar backgrounds and languages.
When Grief Turns to Thoughts of Suicide
By Lynn Purnell Hagan, PsyD, LCSW Caregiver stress has been widely publicized and studied. Many times, one might think that the stress of caregiving is lifted once the loved one has died. However, the risks to the caregiver can often carry on long after their loved...
Depression: Build Your Self-Help Kit
A Depression Self-Help Kit is a collection of plans, ideas and reminders you’ll put into effect if you become depressed.
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What College Students Don’t Tell Their Parents
By Maureen Price Tillman, LCSW In 2018, the American College Health Association conducted an anonymous survey of over 26,000 college students in 40 colleges to evaluate their health and behavior. The concerns of many health professionals were borne out in the data:...
How to Support an Incarcerated Adult
By Terri Ferguson, BSW I remember the first time I walked into a prison to visit my brother who was incarcerated. There was the unfamiliar air of being in a facility that houses inmates and the procedure one has to go through before getting to see them. I had to walk...
7 tips to improve your child’s behavior
Parents are saying discipline, consequences, time out and stickers don’t work. Parents are presenting as more and more defeated when it comes to managing the behavior of their children. They have a long list of tried that – didn’t work scenarios, including many of the...