Articles about Mental Health

The Curse of Secrets

July 13, 2020

The compliment I cherish from those paid to me across my career as a mental health counselor is, “I could tell you anything.” I do not judge secrets.

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Mental Health: What Is It?

June 5, 2018

The setting: a psychiatric hospital. Four consumers are seated around a card table in the corner of a brightly-lit community room.

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Decentering and Mental Health

May 18, 2018

Psychological researchers are turning more attention to understanding how a process they call “decentering” from experience affects mental health.

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Look for the Helpers

April 10, 2018

Some words of wisdom from the gentle Mr. Fred Rogers of the beloved Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood television show, however, often lift my awareness away from gloom and doom.

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