Winnie the Pooh & Mental Health

We all love and adore the children’s shows and movies about Winnie the Pooh and friends. The lovable, giddy, relatable characters like pooh bear, piglet, Christopher Robinson, tigger, eeyore, too, rabbit, and owl all have some sort of special place in our hearts. Some characters we may feel a certain attraction or closeness too but

How Do We Break Our Negative Thought Patterns?

Author Seth J. Gillihan, PhD of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple offers many everyday easy tactics to help us break down using cognitive behavioral therapy in our everyday lives. His ten strategies in his book include topics from goal setting, activating behavior, identifying and breaking negative thought patterns, maintaining mindfulness, and plenty other useful ways

Biological, Psychological, and Behaviorism Approaches to Psychopathology: What are they?

The contemporary views of psychopathology include biological approaches, psychological approaches, and behaviorism. Biological approaches include the study of genetics and biological treatments. Psychological approaches differ as they focus on psychoanalysis therapy. Behaviorism addresses aspects such as classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and modeling.  Biological Approaches: General paresis and syphilis were significant to the evidence of mental

Types of Treatment for Anxiety Disorders

Treatments for anxiety disorders include psychological treatments and the administration of medication. Psychological treatments often include exposure methods such as virtual reality or in vivo exposure, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation treatments, and other cognitive behavior models. The use of anxiolytics is also often involved in the treatment plans of anxiety disorders and prescribe either antidepressants

Types of Personality Disorders

The odd/eccentric cluster, or cluster A, includes paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder where it is the only cluster A disorder to be recommended for retention in the alternative model. It is different from schizophrenia as bizarre thinking and functioning impairments are less severe, hallucinations are not present, and full-blown delusions

Treatment Barriers in Adolescent Behavioral Problems

There are a multitude of treatment barriers that arise when addressing behavioral problems in adolescents. These barriers are apparent in family, adolescent, and clinical domains. These issues range from attitudes towards treatment services, the captured understanding of mental health, treatment reliance, systemic views, family circumstances, cultural and ethnic underrepresentation, and the available access to these

What is Play Therapy?

Play therapy is a form of therapy that typically involves children engaging in playtime that is observed by a clinician that allows them to see the child’s unresolved trauma, stress, emotions, and mental health issues. There are various types of play therapy that include child-based play therapy, family-based play therapy, and group-based therapy. Each form