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Category: General Mental Health
Overall topics of mental health
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How to Help a Person Having Suicidal Thoughts
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I will be talking about facts surrounding suicide and how to help a person having suicidal thoughts. The content in this post may be difficult for some to read. Please take care of yourself. Disclosure: The statements made in this blog are not medical advice. If you need medical Read more
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How to Talk to Kids about Death
Death is one of the few things all humans experience. It is one of the many reasons a family may seek my therapeutic services. A child may be having a hard time due to the death of a loved one. Or parents are unsure how to talk to their kid(s) about the death of a Read more
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Is it ADHD or Something Else? Similar Mental Disorders
In a previous post, I talked about the most common diagnoses among children today. You can click here to read more in that post. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is one of the most common according to the CDC. I get a lot of families in my office that are concerned their young child has Read more
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The Five Questions You Should Be Asking Your Therapist
During a first session with a family, I sometimes get asked questions, but sometimes families cannot think of what to ask. Below I have written the five common therapy questions I do get asked. I have also written some questions that a therapist should get asked. To read the full list, sign up for this Read more
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How does therapy actually work?
Hi! When you think of therapy, what is the first thing that comes to mind? When watching a film and television portray therapy you usually see it as someone sitting or lying on a couch talking while another person sits across or near them in a chair with a notepad asking them “how do you Read more
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What do those letters behind the name mean?
Hi! When I meet a new family for therapy, sometimes I mistakenly get called Dr. Desarae or Dr. B. Caregivers innocently assume that is what I am but those are not my credentials. I am a LCSW which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. This means I went through the training to provide therapy to Read more
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How Mental Health Came to Be
Hi all! My name is Rae and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who decided to write a blog about mental health. With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to share some history of mental health and how it has changed over the past century. Disclosure: The statements made in this Read more
