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Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness – How to Combat Symptoms This Winter
The winter months can be long, cold, and dark. Sometimes, so much so that the weather can cause individuals to develop a form of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). While many individuals may feel the “blah” of the winter blues or challenges related...
Reframing Mental Health as Brain Health
Our brains are astonishingly complex organs, orchestrating everything from the fleeting pulse of thought to our deepest of our emotions. Yet, when discussing mental well-being, mental health, or eating disorders, we often resort to language that feels distant and...
Recognizing and Overcoming Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue
Imagine this: your to-do list stretches like a never-ending scroll, deadlines loom like thunderclouds, and the constant emotional demands of life feel like a weight pinning you down. You're tired, yes, but it's a different kind of tired. This isn't simply the fatigue...
School Refusal: Why It May Be More Than You Think
Imagine this: the alarm clock blares, sunlight streams through the window, and a new day stretches before you. But for some children and teenagers, this isn't a fresh start, it's a descent into anxiety. Every fiber of their being screams against the thought of...
The Gift of Selflessness and How It Can Impact Your Mental Well-Being
The holidays are a time of giving, serving, and appreciating what you have. These expressions of gratitude may be easier for some than they are for others for a variety of reasons, including where one may be “at” in a recovery journey or what’s going on with their...
Treatment Avoidance: Why It’s a Problem and How We Can Help
Seeking help for an eating disorder or other mental health condition can be incredibly difficult. Between societal stigma, financial barriers, and the challenging nature of vulnerability inherent in therapy, treatment avoidance is incredibly common across many...
Seeking Happiness
March 20th is International Day of Happiness This day is a global event arranged by the United Nations that "serves to remind us that being happy is a human right and worth celebrating." We wanted to take this moment to reflect on happiness. We’ll look at what it...
Treatment Trauma: A Lack of Representation
In a recent blog post, we discussed the trailblazing work of Dr. Beverly Greene. While Dr. Greene’s work is widely varied and unique, we were particularly in investigating her work in intersectional psychology. In their citation awarding her the “Award for...
‘We don’t treat the number on the scale. We treat the person’: An Interview with Rudi Landera, Galen Hope Director of Nutrition Services
Part of what makes Galen Hope so special is our incredible team. To help you to get to know them, we sat down for a conversation with them. This is our chat with Galen Hope's Director of Nutrition Services, Rudi Landera, MS, RDN, LD. To help our clients restore...
‘Recovery Means Hope. It Means There is a Light’: An interview with Galen Hope Clinical Director Jeanette Alonso
"You pursue this profession with a vision of helping others and making a difference. Along the way, you experience challenges, highs, and lows. After all, your job at times entails meeting clients in the depths of their despair and dysfunction. And then there are...
Self-Harm Awareness
Compared to suicidal thoughts, self-harm impulses have received less research and far fewer studies. This is troubling, because, as the University of Washington points out, the numbers of those engaging in self-harm behaviors are at least equal to those who...
Black History Month: Celebrating Black Pioneers in Psychology
Black History Month is a time to examine the under-told and under-examined history of Black people in the United States and beyond. Because we are certain of the lack of representation in behavioral health and eating disorder treatment and research, Galen Hope invites...
A Chat with Ilene Fishman Part 3: Training the clinician
Recently we sat with Ilene V. Fishman, LCSW, ACSW, FAED (Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders). In part, we wanted to discuss her book The Deeper Fix: For your Growth and Empowerment, but we also wanted to catch up with a dear friend of and provider of clinical...
A Chat with Ilene Fishman Part 2: Thoughts on the Therapeutic Process
Recently we sat with Ilene V. Fishman, LCSW, ACSW, FAED (Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders). In part, we wanted to discuss her book The Deeper Fix: For your Growth and Empowerment, but we also wanted to catch up with a dear friend of and provider of clinical...
A Look at Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
As we mentioned in our blog about eating disorder myths, not all diagnoses are clear-cut and straightforward. There are many conditions that feature similar symptoms and characteristics to other conditions, and that can make diagnosis more complicated. One such mental...
4 Myths About Eating Disorders That it’s Time to do Away With
We pay close attention to the ways that eating disorders are represented in the media, in popular entertainment, and on social media. In our field, these representations can shape public perceptions, complicate personal experiences, and impact treatment for clients...
Mental Health and the Holidays: Wishing you a holiday season filled with peace and joy.
At this time of year, it’s important to remember that the holidays can be challenging, or even difficult and that it is perfectly normal to have a complicated relationship with the season. While there is great joy that often comes with holidays, there can also be...
The Highs and Lows of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder has been in the headlines quite a lot recently. More than once this mental health disorder has been associated with erratic behavior from those in the public eye. But what Is bipolar disorder? How is it diagnosed? Let’s take a look at this complex...
Men’s Health this “Movember”
This month, we’ve been thinking a lot about men's health. Partially this is due to the fact that November has been designated “Movember” by an Australian-based nonprofit devoted to raising awareness of (and money for) the health issues that men face. Over the past...
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