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Research Leads Resiliency Building for LGBTQ Mental Health

Neurofeedback Facilitator, Jack Senese IV, MSW, shares his passion for research and clinical work. Jack is currently supporting studies to lead resiliency building for long-term LGBTQ mental health. Listen to his recent interview below to learn more. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Send our team a message or call 888.717.9355 Requesting support for*: AnxietyDepressionTraumaOCDBPDGrief + LossBipolar […]

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Newport Beach Mental Health Treatment

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As Clinical Director, Dr. Kristen Zaleski, PhD, LCSW, understands that providing neuro-informed, attachment focussed, evidence-based treatment is the best way for The Mental Health Collective in Orange County, California, to treat and support adults living with mental illness and trauma disorders. Dr. Kristen Zaleski Programs Functional Recovery DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Send our team

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The Best Mental Health Treatment for Adults

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The National Alliance on Mental Health states, “21% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2020 (52.9 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.” With that statistic in mind, Intake Director, Madison Baker, reflects on what The Mental Health Collective does best regarding treatment for adults struggling with mental health issues. He believes treatment success

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Psych Central Interviews Dr. Zaleski’s Empathetic Practice

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Kristen Zaleski, a researcher and psychotherapist in Los Angeles, believes you can put empathy in motion through a 3-step process

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Therapeutic Interventions

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Iris G-Thrash, is one of Orange County’s leading therapists. Iris aligns her individualized therapeutic approach for each client with a Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Therapeutic Intervention philosophy. The Mental Health Collective is grateful to have Iris’ skillset supporting care for clients struggling with mental health issues in Newport Beach, CA. Iris G-Thrash,

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Empathy, A Three Step Process.

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Empathy, as defined by the Miriam-Webster dictionary, is “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” Within clinical, coaching, and online self-improvement discussions,

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How Can Neurofeedback ‘Train the Brain’ to Be More Resilient?

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Everything we do, healthy or not, is recorded by the brain. The more we do something, the more our brain wants to continue doing that thing. This is how we’ve survived as a human species. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the primates who were aware of their surroundings are the ones who made it

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VoyageLA :: Inspiring Stories from the OC Features Dr. Kristen Zaleski

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VOYAGE LA ARTICLE “The heart of our mission at VoyageLA is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our city. In the recent weeks we’ve had the privilege to connect with some of Orange County’s finest artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with

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Understanding + Treating Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence

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Dr. Kristen Zaleski, PhD, LCSW, presents Understanding and Treating Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence: revenge porn, cyberstalking, and other forms of tech-enabled abuse. A Zoom presentation hosted by The Mental Health Collective and OC Shrinks on February 3rd, 2022. ABOUT DR. ZALESKI: Kristen Zaleski, PhD, LCSW is the Clinical Director of The Mental Health Collective, Founding Director of the

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CAN ADHD CO-EXIST WITH TRAUMA? An Interview with Dr. Tiffany Grimes, PhD

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ADHD and its relationship with trauma feel like a larger topic of interest in all realms of social interactions lately. So we asked our expert, Dr. Tiffany Grimes, Ph.D., to break down her well-informed clinical thoughts for our pondering readers. Dr. Grimes, is there a relationship between ADHD and trauma? Given that ADHD can co-exist

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