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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WHAT WE TREAT The Mental Health Collective often uses psychological testing and other assessment tools to measure and observe our client’s behavior to arrive at a diagnosis and guide our goals for outcome driven treatment. As part of a multi-team diagnostic process, a psychological test can be helpful in providing objectivity to neurodiverse conditions, personality constructs
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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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, 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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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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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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Jessica Geiger, MS and Lauren Hopkins, APCC, Clinical Care Coordinators of The Mental Health Collective discuss their role in client case management. The two team members stress the importance of being involved in every detail regarding communication to support clients through admission to discharge planning. Trauma Programs Functional Recovery DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Send
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https://youtu.be/3h89-HEwkGg The Mental Health Collective’s Clinical Psychologist, Lydia Hansell, Psy.D., gives a 3 step process for imagining meaning. No matter where you are, Dr. Hansell takes you through a practical visualization that promotes manageable action and efficient success. Trauma Programs Functional Recovery DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? Send our team a message or call 888.717.9355
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