Blog posts with the tag "Treatment"

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - Confident Connection and Telehealth Suicide Prevention

By Carin Lefkowitz  on 19.02.2025 8:59 am
Dr. Carin Lefkowitz

The utilization of telehealth platforms dramatically increased access to psychotherapy in 2020. Nearly five years later, providers can deliver treatment more efficiently to patients across the globe and in locations where there are a dearth of behavioral health providers. Of course, telehealth is not without its challenges, and some providers are anxious to make (or maintain) the transition from in-person treatment. This is perhaps nowhere more true than in the area of suicide prevention.

Staff Perspective: Stepping into Insomnia Treatment - How to Find the Best Fit

By Diana Dolan  on 18.12.2024 8:54 am

If you have insomnia, you have a number of different behavioral treatment options available. These options offer effective, long-term benefits without the need for sleep aids or ongoing medication. However, you may not know where to go to look for them or which is the right fit for you. In this article, let’s unpack and compare these options to get started.

Staff Perspective: Focus on Peace – An Antidote for Provider Helplessness

By Debra Nofziger  on 04.12.2024 5:28 pm
Dr. Deb Nofziger

Is it normal to feel helpless as a provider when working with people who are in ongoing traumatic situations, like war? In my opinion, absolutely yes. As providers, we are trained to help alleviate problems and suffering. But that isn’t usually possible when someone is in an ongoing situation.

Staff Perspective: Crayons Aren’t Just for Kids - Art Therapy in Addiction Treatment

By heather tompkins  on 30.10.2024 6:57 am

As I sat down to write this this blog, numerous thoughts came to mind as to what I wanted to write for National Substance Use Prevention Month. We all too frequently hear the statistics across various sources regarding the opioid crisis, the rising numbers of overdose, and the impacts substance use has on the individual, families, relationships, and communities. With my thinking cap on, I contemplated the direction for the blog. Most of my career has been working within the addiction and comorbid behavioral health fields, so while statistics and assessment have their own importance, my mind kept going to the process of transformation that can occur and the creative process that individuals can take to reach the end goal of sustained recovery

Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode - “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Stress First Aid (SFA)”

By Jenna Ermold  on 11.09.2024 9:25 am

As behavioral health providers, many of us receive training, and are well positioned to help people after a disaster or traumatic event. But what do you do in situations of ongoing threat, ongoing stress and adversity, perhaps lasting months or years? In this episode of Practical for Your Practice, we are joined by the amazing Dr. Patricia Watson, a psychologist at the National Center for PTSD, who walks us through the incredibly versatile Stress First Aid (SFA) model.

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