Mental Health: Some Ideas
Basic Self-Care
Next Session Worksheet/Starting therapy:
- Behaviors that directly impact your chemical nature
- Behaviors aligned with your Meaning-Intention
Specialized Therapies
- Individual AND Couples/Family
- Group Therapy
- Public support groups/Online forums
- Professional Group Therapy
- Retreats
- Trauma
- EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
- DBT- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- TIR- Trauma Incident Reduction
- ART- Accelerated Resolution Therapy
- Rapid Resolution Therapy (cousin of ART)
- CID- Critical Incident Debriefing
- MBT- Mentalization Based Therapy (for BPD)
- IFS- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Trauma Informed Yoga
- Creative Therapies
- Art Therapy
- Sandtray Therapy
- Drama Therapy
- Animal Assisted & Equestrian Therapy
- Exposure Therapy (anxieties)
- Medical Therapy
- Neurofeedback/EEG Biofeedback/Quantitative electroencephalograph (qEEG)
- TMS- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- ECT- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Ketamine infusions
- Evaluation for medication
- PCP, ARNP, Psychiatrist
- Genetic Metabolism Testing (for medications)
- Inpatient/Partial Hospitalization/Intensive Outpatient
- Addiction Therapy
- AA(Alcoholics) / NA(Narcotics) /Ala-Non (for loved ones of addicts) / ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics)
- CODA (Codependents Anonymous) / Sex + Love Addicts
- Overeaters Anonymous + Eating disorder groups
- Gambling
- Low cost: Interns & Charities
Virtual Therapies + Apps
- crisistextline.org
- talkspace.com
- betterhelp.com
- 7cups.com
- Facebook “Mental Health Movement” Online Support Group
- App: Liven (CBT for anxiety & overthinking)
- App: How We Feel
- App: Positive Focus
- App: Sanvello
- App: Insight Timer
- App: Calm
- App: Balance
- App: Finch (young adults)
- Cope Notes (text messages, not an app, $13/month, inspirational messages & digital journal- they don’t respond back)
Evaluation for Medication
- Homeopathy/ natural & holistic supplements
- Testing your genes for the best medication fit/ example: The OneOme RightMed test is a pharmacogenomic (PGx) cheek swab that analyzes your DNA to inform providers how your genes may affect your response to various medications. It tests for 27 genes to help tailor medication choices, often used for psychiatric, pain, and cardiovascular conditions to improve efficacy and safety.
- Psychiatrist (MD) or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)/ when treating more complicated mood disorders & ADD or more than one diagnosis
- PCP/ for basic anxiety & depression medication at the connivence of your already established doctor
- Specialist or Pain Clinic