What Does It Mean To Be In Recovery?
Every September for the past 32 years, stakeholders in the movement to heal addiction have celebrated National Re...
22 Sep
Clarity Blog
16 Sep
Benefits of Therapeutic Yoga in Mental Health
Yoga is considered therapeutic. It helps you become more aware of your body’s posture, alignment, and patterns of...
09 Sep
Suicide Prevention: When and How to Help
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 120-130 adults die by suicide; that is approximately one every 11-12 minutes. In the United States, it is the 10th leading cause of death. Worldwide, suicide is the 17th leading cause of death.
02 Sep
A Deep Dive into Attachment Styles and Disorders
How a child relates to their caregiver is often indicative of their attachment style. If a child’s caregiver is responding to the child’s needs for survival, the attachment relationship will likely be healthy. If the caregiver is unable to or inappropriately responds to a child’s needs, an unhealthy attachment style will likely develop.
25 Aug
Understanding ARFID, it’s more than just picky eating!
ARFID is more than just picky eating, it is an eating disorder that impacts people of all ages. Picky eating is typically outgrown within the first few years of a child’s life, whereas ARFID may initially present as picky eating, but persists over time and becomes more severe.
18 Aug
Anxiety in College Students and How to Manage It
Written By: Sarah Kelly, LSW, CADC I remember being in the fall sem...
12 Aug
Facing Mental Health Challenges for Olympic and Pro Athletes
Every two to four years, we distract ourselves from the demands of daily life by focusing on one of the most exciting events on the globe, the Olympic Games. We watch athletes from every corner of the Earth prove that they truly are elite athletes. Performing remarkable feats of strength, speed, agility, power, and mental toughness, these people awe us and inspire us.
05 Aug
The Experience of Female Athletes at the Olympic Games
Written By: Sarah Kelly, LSW, CADC Every two years, we have the glo...
28 Jul
Gender Pronouns and Advocacy in Mental Health Care
Gender pronouns are any set of pronouns that an individual wants others to use to reflect that person’s gender identity. When we use terms such as she, he, her, him, they, them – we are using a person’s pronouns.
While pronouns are a way we can categorize those around us, most of us don’t stop to consider that perhaps the way we see someone, isn’t necessarily aligned with how they identify themselves.
So what happens if a person’s identity is different from how the world identifies them, and how can affirmation of a person’s identity lead to better mental health outcomes?
22 Jul
Diet Culture & Why It’s Toxic To Our Mental Health
We see diet culture everywhere – in all forms of media, the workplace, at the doctor’s office, in retail and grocery stores – and we are bombarded by harmful messages created by the diet industry. You may be asking yourself, “So what makes all this toxic to our health?” The answer is simple…