An Effort To Explain “Psychosis”
In society, “reality” is a cultural construct defined by the majority of that culture
De-bunking ACCCEPTANCE and COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT)
ACT is a ‘third wave’ behaviour therapy approach with a supposedly ‘expanded perspective on how to guide clients to skilfully self-regulate.emotional distress and conflicting states of mind’,
BINARY RELATIONSHIPS COMPLICATING THE CLINICAL PROCESS
It subsumes the patient and encircles him or her in its grasp.
The Early Warning System
I want to introduce a concept called the Early Warning System
THOSE LIKE US AND FIGHT FOR US
The only time mental health issues makes the news is when some tragic involves someone with mental illness.
The Mental Health Advocacy Spectruum
Why are these the poster patients of AOT? Because the most severely ‘disordered’ folks do not benefit from AOT.
Sleeping Amid the Ruins
I have insomnia, and only sometimes feel somnolent.
I’m a Social Worker: My Mental Health and Well-being Have Been Put to the Test by COVID-19
Working together, I am fully convinced this crisis will only embolden our mission and strengthen our skills further in the social work profession.
ANXIETY: SIMILAR FOR HAMLET AND FOR US
Keep in mind everyone, anxieties, and Mental Health Issues are not death sentences.
Explosive Behaviors and IED
Seemingly uncontrollable and unpredictable anger is a problem for some people with mental health condition. As a therapist, I diagnose people with intermittent explosive disorder which is a DSM 5 diagnosable condition.
In Response to the Mighty ‘I Have a Mental Illness…And I’m Fine with That ‘.
People that rate highly on the GAF are termed ‘high-functioning’
Use of Metaphors in the Therapy office 🕵️♂️
The problem runs as deep as what practitioners face when practicing psychotherapy
Interdisciplinary parity: Which is the right clinical pathway forward?
Thinking about progress is critical for both consumers and practitioners
REMEMBER MOON VISIT BY NOT RETURNING SOON
Fifty one years ago we walked the moon
What does Best Practices really mean when it comes to Mental Health treatment?
who are these webinars and conferences for anyway?
Why we Adapt
When my illness first struck in 2003 and then again in 2008 I was extremely bitter and angry.
The Benefits of Taking Inventory
Planning for the future means knowing what went wrong and why,?
The Revisionist: rise of the prosumer, axioms, and future directions in Mental Health Affairs
When I first began writing about mental health, and topics concerning my own experience with schizophrenia, I was a bit naive. I thought since I lived through “this”, meaning, the various incidents, challenges, and pitfalls of my disorder people who struggled with similar hazards in their life could […]
The Revisionist✍️
Far too many stories and firsthand accounts of recovery are terminal and end with a cure or picturesque life for the consumer of services or “sick” person. This recovery narrative is different. This is a story about struggle, ongoing collateral pushback from friends, and internalized self-doubt. Chronic illness, […]
🅱️iologic Theory
Research must be wholly beneficial to the public, it must be free and rife for regard for society. As a prosumer and mental health interventionist researcher, I have sought nothing but a bold new model that works for the masses. Therapy that is both targeted, yet beneficial to […]
The Titanic and the Great Oceanliners
I have a framed portrait of the Titanic in my mental health private practice. Many people ask me: What does the Titanic have to do with having good mental health and practising self-management? The answer is, it has everything to do with exhibiting good mental health. This past holiday season, I […]
The power of Social Work language: a linguistic analysis🔠 (REMASTERED)
There is no question, that the language of the social work profession is limitless as an agent of change and transformation.
The Changing of Signs🔮
I have said before that there is no universal way or signified to capturing or expressing in words the experience of psychosis. I might have been wrong about this claim. All of this depends on your definition of capture, and experience, to really inquire into the validity of […]
On Self-Care: Monitoring our ADLs
This article seeks to highlight the unquestionable importance of self-care in everyday life. Self-care is paramount to survival, and this article will review the essential skills necessary to continue and maintain basic to complex life functions. While each of us individually has different job functions and carries out […]
Managing the Unknown: Reducing Rumination and Committing to your Goals
Our anxieties can not only get out of hand for us personally, but they also have the potential for complicating our social worlds when we interact with our friends and colleagues.
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