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    Making Mental Health Care Accessible For Everyone This Mental Health Awareness Month

    Mental Health

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM), a time dedicated to raising awareness about mental health. It’s a time that we can all come together to talk about how mental health and the stigma that still surrounds it impacts our communities, as well as how we can stay...

    How Do We Reduce the Stigma of Mental Health in 2023?

    Mental Health

    We can improve the outlook for mental health in our families, communities, and across the nation by reducing the stigma that prevails today. We can be successful at making this happen in 2023 by gaining personal knowledge, awareness, educating others, and by...

    4 Ways That Trauma-focused Therapy Is Different From Regular Mental Health Counseling

    988, Mental Health, Therapy, Trauma

    You’ve probably heard the word ‘trauma’ used a lot in recent years, but what does it really mean? How do you know if you’re dealing with trauma – and how do you handle it, if you are? Could you benefit from trauma-focused counseling? What Is Trauma? Trauma...

    Does Therapy Have To Be Expensive? 5 Ways To Pay for Mental Health Counseling

    Mental Health, Mental Health Supports

    We’re more informed and aware about our mental health than ever before, and that’s especially true for younger people. Yet, while we may be more open to the idea of therapy, a lot of people think that it’s too expensive to even consider.  It’s true that mental health...

    Depression Is More Than a Weakness

    Mental Health, Mental Health Supports, Military and Veterans

    Many people believe that depression is something that will go away just by toughing it out. Individuals who serve in the military, or those that have served, are especially subject to the instilled demands and expectations of readiness which perpetuate the idea that...

    The Growing Youth Mental Health Crisis – Why Is It Happening and What Are We Doing?

    Crisis, Mental Health, Youth

    You might have heard that we’re in the midst of a youth mental health crisis, but what does that mean, exactly? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was released in March 2022, and the numbers show that U.S. youth are experiencing high...
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