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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

Sexual Assault Treatment /

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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Clinical Team Meeting

CLINICAL TEAM MEETING

Treatment Team /

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

ADHD, PTSD /

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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Imagining Meaning /// 3 Steps

Mindfulness /

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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