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LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE MENTAL HEALTH

AN LGBTQ-INCLUSIVE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER

LGBTQ Mental Health /

LGBTQ community members face higher rates of mental health issues, challenging socioeconomic and cultural conditions, multiple risk factors, and barriers to accessing care. Finding a queer-inclusive provider with baseline competency can be difficult, and locating a provider with specialized knowledge and experience in LGBTQ issues may take even more time. PROUD + EMPOWERED The Collective provides research-informed […]

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Treating the Trauma of Sexual Assault IECA Presentation

TREATING THE TRAUMA OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Understanding the trauma of sexual assault is essential in finding the proper treatment intervention for healing. Dr. Kristen Zaleski’s presentation at IECA 2022 in San Diego will discuss current research on single incident vs chronic sexual violence as well as sub-types of violence such as rapes that are drug-facilitated and technology-facilitated. Dr. Zaleski will overlay

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NEW RESEARCH ON LGBTQ+ SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE

LGBTQ, LGBTQ Mental Health /

The Mental Health Collective is excited to announce the co-authored and published research of our clinical therapist John ‘Jack’ Senese IV, LCSW. The LGBTQ+ research Sexual Orientation Change Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review is linked in the button below. Original Paper Written By: Ankur Srivastava, Jade Winn, John Senese IV & Jeremy T.

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Clinical Team Meeting

CLINICAL TEAM MEETING

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INTERVIEW WITH LAUREN HOPKINS, APCC | CLINICAL CARE COORDINATOR https://youtu.be/x3n-PJx9bq0 Clinical Care Coordinator, Lauren Hopkins, APCC, discusses the structure of clinical team meetings at The Mental Health Collective in Newport Beach, CA.  Click into the video to hear Lauren share about the importance of communication amongst all clinical team members. INTERVIEW: WHAT DOES A CLINICAL

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Choosing Therapy Feature

25 SIGNS YOU’RE AN EMOTIONAL ABUSER

PTSD, Trauma /

Choosing Therapy Quotes Dr. Nazneen Nizami, Staff Psychologist at The Mental Health Collective Original Article Written By: Stephanie Capecchi, LCSW Original Article Reviewed By: Trishanna Sookdeo, MD, MPH, FAAFP In the article 25 SIGNS YOU’RE AN ABUSER, published by Choosing Therapy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Stephanie Capecchi opens with, “Emotional abuse is any behavior that

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Somatic Interventions

How Somatic Interventions Support Narrative Exposure Treatment

Dr. Kristen Zaleski, Somatic Therapies, Trauma /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avk1FJdiZFo How somatic interventions support narrative exposure treatment AN INTERVIEW WITH: DR. KRISTEN ZALESKI, PhD, LCSW | CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER Interview   WHAT ARE SOMATIC INTERVENTIONS? Somatic psychotherapies are something that have always been in the psychotherapy world, but they hadn’t had the practice-based evidence. People hadn’t started really embracing them, learning them and understanding

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Grief: A Natural Response to Loss

Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, Grief Treatment /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdOIOoGA0bs GRIEF: A Natural Response to Loss AN INTERVIEW WITH: Dr. Dawn Joosten-Hagye, PhD, LCSW, MSW, GC-C  Interview The thing with grief is when we experience any kind of loss, whether it’s a normative loss, unexpected developmental loss, or a traumatic type of loss, which the pandemic has been created, this elective type of grief

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LGBTQ MENTAL HEALTH

Research Leads Resiliency Building for LGBTQ Mental Health

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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