Blog posts with the tag "Providers"

Staff Perspective: The Lingering Why

By Kristyn Heins  on 20.08.2025 10:35 am
Dr. Kristyn Heins

Any parent would tell you the “why” questions start when we are young, usually around two- or three-years-old. The constant need to know the reason behind function, choices, and existence is inherent in us. We want to understand, and maybe if we can understand something, we feel more comfortable with it. The question of “why” helps us understand our surroundings, and this curiosity keeps us learning and growing.

Staff Perspective: Language that Heals, Not Harms

By Annie layden  on 23.07.2025 10:28 am
Annie Layden, LILCSW

Behavioral health providers are crucial in combating the stigma that prevents service members from seeking mental health care. However, providers can inadvertently perpetuate this stigma through their language and tone. Phrases such as “depressed people,” “suffering from,” “mental illness,” or even casual remarks that minimize symptoms can alienate military clients who are already reluctant to engage.

Staff Perspective: Practice makes … improvement … if we are deliberate!

By Jeffrey Mann  on 09.07.2025 9:51 am
Dr. Jeff Mann

Over the last year, I’ve been involved in a research project that looks at the effect of regular consultation on a therapists skill in delivering treatments like Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Through the course of this project I’ve been thinking a lot about how we as therapists can improve in our craft over time. There is value in general experience, but experience alone is often insufficient to really improve.

Staff Perspective: Debunking Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Service Members - What People Still Get Wrong

By Adria Williams  on 25.06.2025 11:12 am

PTSD is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions, especially among military service members. Despite growing awareness, myths persist—about who gets it, why it happens, and what it looks like. To help clear things up, here’s a fictional but realistic conversation between a service member and his behavioral health provider, designed to separate fact from fiction.

Staff Perspective: Helping Clients Slay their Dragons through Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games (TA-RPGs)

By Brian Ludden  on 07.05.2025 11:43 am
Dr. Brian Ludden

When the world shut down in 2020, I found freedom and healing not in my living room—but in a forgotten forest, as a chaotic hero with a big sword and even bigger self-doubts. It is early March of 2020, and an unprecedented event is taking place around the world. A global pandemic on a scale that few living today have ever experienced has halted daily life as we know it. The world has shut down and for many of us the way we interact with our jobs has changed drastically.

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