Blog posts with the tag "Treatment"

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: Through SPC Jones’ Eyes - How Stigma Disrupts Mental Health Support for Service Members

By Adria Williams  on 30.07.2025 10:02 am
Dr. Adria Williams

Mental health stigma remains one of the most persistent barriers to care for service members. It operates at multiple levels—internally, socially, and institutionally—limiting help-seeking behavior and impacting readiness and relationships. This four-part fictional vignette follows a day in the life of a junior enlisted soldier. After each act, we explore how different forms of stigma shape the individual’s behavior, relationships, and access to care.

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: From Lab Rats to Life Hacks - What Mice, Pigeons, and Psych Nerds Taught Us About Habits

By Kelly Chrestman  on 02.07.2025 10:02 am
Dr Kelly Chrestman

Before we dive into the world of trendy self-help books and motivational countdowns, let’s pay our respects to the ancestors of behavioral science. Thorndike (1911) showed us that actions followed by rewards get repeated, basically, the first “treat-for-trick” system. Hull (1943) tried to jazz things up with drive theory and equations, but it didn’t exactly go viral. Then B.F. Skinner (1953) stepped in and said, “Forget the feelings, just watch what happens after the behavior,” and psychology, education and advertising have never been the same.

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