Levels of Care in Mental Health Treatment

Contributed by: Lauren Moore, LCSW No matter where you are on your therapy journey, it can get confusing when selecting the appropriate amount of treatment that you or your child needs. In the mental health field, there are various levels of care starting at...

Setting and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries

Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries! You’ve probably heard this term within and outside of the therapy world quite a few times. While this is often a concept that we toss around repeatedly, we may not have a clear picture about what boundaries are and, importantly, how...

Book Review: More Than a Body

Contributed by: Ellen Herbert, LCSW While the wave of body positivity messages from influencers, celebrities and fitness gurus has been refreshing and certainly is a well-intentioned improvement from one-size (literally) fits all beauty standards of the past, Drs....

Unpacking Therapy Clichés: Spending Time in Nature

By Lauren Moore, LCSWA In North Carolina, we are already up to 80-degree weeks here in June. School is starting to let out, and it is almost officially summertime! Now more than ever, you may hear a therapist (and parent) often say “go outside!” to improve your day....

Unpacking Therapy Clichés: Using Coping Skills

Written by: Perrin Jones, LCMHCA Coping skills go beyond just being a therapy buzz-phrase. Entire therapy modalities focus on teaching and implementing coping skills. “What coping skills did you use?” is a phrase that those in the therapy chair have probably heard...