Blog posts with the tag "Staff Perspective"

Staff Perspective: Communication During Deployments

By Marjorie Weinstock  on 28.04.2021 11:18 am

In a recent blog I wrote about resilience in military couples, and one of the key things that’s consistent in the literature is that communication is one of the fundamental processes in building resilience. We also know that one unique aspect of many military families’ lives is the experience of deployment. Research has shown that one of the best ways for couples and families to maintain a sense of connection during deployments is through communication.

Staff Perspective: Couples Counseling During COVID-19 - Telehealth Lessons Learned

By Jennifer Phillips  on 21.04.2021 8:15 am
Dr. Jenny Phillips

It has now been over a year since the majority of behavioral health providers have moved to predominantly or exclusively providing therapy via telehealth. This week’s blog will examine several publications sharing initial findings about the experience of online couples therapy by providers and patients as well as some lessons learned over the past year.

Staff Perspective: Why We Don’t Recommend Wearable Sleep Trackers for the Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia Disorder

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 14.04.2021 12:52 pm
Dr. Carin Lefkowitz

Recently I consulted on a case where a client with insomnia insisted on tracking her sleep with a wearable monitor (think Fitbit or Apple Watch).She soon realized that her sleep tracker was actually increasing her anxiety about sleep. She became more aware of every toss and turn during the night. Ultimately, the client decided to forego the tracker and use only a paper sleep log each night and morning. Her anxiety decreased overnight (pun intended) and she starting falling asleep faster and staying asleep longer.

Staff Perspective: Understanding Symptom Specific Effects of Cognitive Therapy and Behavior Therapy for Insomnia

By Timothy Rogers  on 07.04.2021 1:01 pm

Newer research is examining not just the overall effect of treatment strategies for insomnia, but how certain approaches may produce different symptom specific effects during the course of treatment. The purpose of this blog will be to review the theory, interventions, and research findings about how these treatment approaches may produce symptom specific effects during the course of insomnia treatment.

Staff Perspective: A Discussion with Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock on Moral Distress and Helping COVID-19 Healthcare Workers

By Debra Nofziger  on 31.03.2021 8:36 am
Dr. Deb Nofziger

Dr. Rita Brock recently shared her thoughts on moral distress and injury and COVID-19 frontline workers with me. Dr. Brock has spent much of her career as an academic in philosophy and religion, obtaining her doctorate in this field in 1988. Her interests turned toward moral injury after a 2009 article by Dr. Brett Litz “grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go.”

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