The Complexity of Mental Health Treatment
Mental health treatment is inherently complex: a web of challenging puzzles, overlapping symptoms, and varying perspectives on treatment. Unlike…
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Is It Picky Eating or Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)?
So perhaps your child - or even you or another adult - is really particular about food and refuses to eat but you just cannot understand why. You can…
Diversity Is Important: Five Black Psychologists You Should Know
The place is New Orleans, Louisiana and a 6-year-old girl has just arrived at her new school several blocks from her home. Parents and their children…
Comparison: The Thief of Joy
It happened again, just yesterday. I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram when I saw an old college friend’s post. Her boyfriend had just…
Mental and Emotional Wellness
Reevaluate your values. What is important to you and what is taking your time, energy, and focus? If you are not living according to your values, what…
Letting Go of Toxic Productivity
When I began to address my depression and PTSD, I initially felt like I had to constantly work on “getting better.” Much like another process…
Finding Your Own Voice
Picture this: a warm July breeze stirs my hair as I sit on the back porch. My toddler, illuminated by moonlight and the twinkle of fireflies, gently…
Body Positivity, Body Neutrality and Body Acceptance
Negative body image is a symptom of disordered eating and most eating disorders, impacting millions worldwide. Some useful tools in combatting these…
Self Image
When I first began seeing my current therapist almost half a decade ago, he had the following quote in his email signature:“And the day came when the…
Practicing Self Empathy Through Recovery
I recently heard a friend say, “Recovery is always the end goal. It’s more of a direction than a destination.” This struck a chord with me. I had…
Parenting an Addict: The 12 Steps I Didn't Know I Needed
Armed with absolutely no knowledge about addiction, I was completely unprepared to cope when it reared its head in my own family. My childhood was…
Can You Pray Depression Away?
What do you do when prayer is not helping your depression but actually making it worse? For author and speaker Abraham Sculley, answering this…
How Every Day Became Thanksgiving
During Thanksgiving of 2014, I ate dinner alone in Baltimore City. My parents and family lived a few miles away, but I was uninvited for the holidays.…
Treating Trauma and Providing Care: A Spotlight on Dr. Albert Tsai
Albert Tsai, MD is no stranger to treating PTSD and trauma. Introduced to military psychiatry after serving 3.5 years in the military following…
How to Build a Self-Care Checklist
“Self-care gives us the opportunity to prioritize ourselves,” says Dr. Allison Chase (she/her), Senior Clinical Advisor at Eating Recovery Center and…
Specialty Trauma Track
Helping patients with PTSD and trauma-related symptoms get unstuck.
Specialty OCD Track
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, obsessive, recurrent thoughts and compulsive…
Pathlight Nordstrom Info Sheet
Meeting the need for higher-level mental health services in Washington.
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center’s College-Focused Programming: Meet the Experts
Dr. Foulds Mathes: It’s important to take into consideration the barriers to getting patients the care they need and help navigate those barriers. The…
Virtual Treatment for College Students with Mood, Anxiety & Trauma-Related Disorders
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 25% of college students have been diagnosed or treated by a professional for a mental…
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center Announcement
We are excited to announce new program enhancements to our Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center programming. These developments support the delivery of…
I Can't Sleep, Now What?
Here's the thing about sleep - one in three American adults simply do not get the sleep they require on a regular basis. That's not ok! Sleep…
Depression: A Snapshot
This is my kitchen. February 10, 2019, at 10:36 pm—unmercifully documented by the time stamp in my photo reel. Why did I take it? Because I was…
Mental Wellness in College: 7 Tips to Help You Cope
Here are 7 ways to take care of yourself, find support and plan for any challenges you may face on campus.
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
I'm saying all of this from my own clinical experience working with adults both in a treatment setting and in private practice: I'm a fan of using…
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Despite the incredible progress made by younger generations, a stigma still lingers around mental illness. It's not uncommon for someone to call out…
Say It Brave Masterclass - Burnout: When Overworking Stops Working
Burnout: When Overworking Stops Working
National Bullying Prevention Month
When we think about a victim of bullying, we generally imagine someone awkward, nerdy, and friendless. The geeky guy with unsightly pimples who has…
Burnout
Last spring, I was driving to meet a friend for dinner while listening to Brene Brown's podcast. She was interviewing two sisters who wrote a book on…
What I Would Have Missed
I was surprised when I logged onto Facebook and saw the post anniversary notification. Two years ago, already? I scanned the pictures…
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