#lmhc

[defleftist]

Sometimes I find joy in the little things like taking way too much time to make an aesthetically pleasing PowerPoint about anxiety for a therapy group I’m leading tomorrow for low income, first generation college freshmen. I love what I get to do!

#counselor #mental health counselor #licensed mental health counselor #lmhc #therapist #therapy #counseling #leftist therapist #mental healthcare #mental health counseling #mental health #group therapy #anxiety #leftist #leftblr #harm reduction #harm reductionist #self care

[lashashwood]

Offically got my clinical license today so to celebrate I did my makeup and felt cute. Enjoy the selfies ❤️ #mtf #mtftransition #mtftrans #mtftransgenderwoman #mtftransgender #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq🌈 #makeup #makeupoftheday #cute #selfie #mentalhealth #lmhc #woman #redhead #redhair #pnw #washingtoncoast #washington (at South Bend, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmdGOkILWDs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mtf #mtftransition #mtftrans #mtftransgenderwoman #mtftransgender #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq🌈 #makeup #makeupoftheday #cute #selfie #mentalhealth #lmhc #woman #redhead #redhair #pnw #washingtoncoast #washington

[koukishinkat]

Mantra: Other people’s actions are not my fault.

I am responsible for my own actions.

@koukishinkat

#mental health #coping skills #therapy #therapist recommended #psychoeducation #lmhc #mental health counseling #trauma #mantra #inner strength #it’s going to be okay #it’s okay

[foreverafter-mhc]

You know one day you’re 17 and delete tumblr then you blink and you’re 23 redownloading tumblr…. And also a therapist now

#lmhc #mine #therapy #mhc

[shannonlynnin]

Adler and Goal Oriented Behavior

I enjoyed reading about Adler and his theory. Thank you, Dr Adler. 

Adler emphasizes goal-oriented behavior, which made me think about the importance of setting goals for ourselves and working hard to obtain those goals.

But what if the child is not allowed to make their own goals? What happens when your goals are made for you? 

My parents would always tell my siblings and me that we were only allowed to become a “Doctor, Lawyer, or Indian Chief.” One day, as a small child, I was in the car thinking about my future goals. I expressed to my mom that I did not want to be a Doctor, I wanted to be a Nurse. My mom pulled the car over and told me to get out.  “You are not allowed to be a nurse, you won't make any money, you WILL BE a doctor or a lawyer.” (Apparently, the Indian Chief thing was a joke.)

A parent creating a fictional finalism for their child prevents the child from setting their own goals and making their own choices. Parents who force their own goals onto their children may result in the child believing they cannot think for themselves or that they aren't smart enough to determine their future endeavors. When a child is told what they will be when they grow up and how they will do it and groomed through their life to be that, the child is not able to create their own subjective experiences. As a result, the child may feel inferior because they might believe that they will never succeed with these impossible goals that were set for them! 

A question to my colleagues: What therapeutic techniques and procedures would you consider implementing to help this client move from feeling inferior to feeling superior? 

#shannonlynnin #alderian #clinical mental health counseling #lmhc

[vampireposter]

meeting wyll at the grove, as someone who the tieflings trust enough to train their children, says so much about him. it's so sad that he doesn't get explored in acts 2-3 as deeply as the other companions, when his problems are equally intense. the average player probably long rests once before coming across the grove, but even if not, in that time wyll has already proven to the tieflings that they can rely on the Blade of Frontiers.

this is the immediate first thing he chooses to do after being condemned to slow death via ceremorphosis. his priority list in the first conversations with tav is: 1) hunt down a dangerous devil, 2) help zevlor with the goblins, 3) once nothing threatens the tieflings he will gladly search for a tadpole cure. wyll is perpetually his own last priority, and i wonder if it has to do with the lore about souls.

if he believes mind flayers' souls have been destroyed, and fiend warlocks will all have their souls sent to the hells after death, then becoming a mind flayer isn't the worst possible way for him to die. he would never become a mindless monster to save his own soul, but he's not gripped by horror the way that some of the other origin characters are. lae'zel has been made revoltingly impure to her people, astarion is terrified of losing the scrap of bodily autonomy he just regained, gale is guilt-ridden over the orb detonation if he dies, shadowheart has to survive to prove herself to her cult leader, and karlach has also just regained bodily autonomy and is desparate to live.

this is just another quest for the Blade, whose persona guards wyll ravengard against the vice of self-concern when he ought to be concerned for those in need.

#wyll ravengard #bg3 #writing a wyll pov thing in order to roleplay harder in my durge playthrough & ive become obsessed w him #i love him so much. he doesnt even really get to realize in-game how traumatized he is and in act 3 he has not healed any really #come here wyll we are going to learn about self care. you & durge need to overcome the desire to give up your lives for your fathers ideals #faerun doesnt have LMHCs so wyll gets my durge who currently thinks he is (a miserable failure of) a cleric of ilmater. #this fic is practice for my 'ascended tavastarion struggle to quit being Like That' character study thing wherein i am struggling w dialogu #loving working on both. im in my little dollhouse making my toys try out lines until they fit #vampireposted

[trinhdrawss]

the more I learn about psychology the more I realize how much of a genius nnm is. they knew exactly what they were doing writing demonology. i will never get over how phenomenal that story is

#trinhdrawss #nnm #i will always and forever be a demonology and the tri phasic model of trauma: an integrative approach fan #demonology and the tri phasic model of trauma: an integrative approach #demonology #good omens #like what do you mean they were so detailed that they made aubrey thyme an ms lmhc instead of an lpc because she has her license in new york #genius

[transdelgado]

top surgery consult next week 😁

#tbh i’m so surprised i’m able to move forward w this process in the hell state #i had two consults cancelled already </3 and so many rude ppl on the phone #BUT accoriding to my lmhc friends he’s very highly rated in the community #AND the counselor that wrote my letter last week said she worked w this doc plenty of times #i’m so lucky i’m so grateful #according* jesus christ.

[dsm5tr]

Butterflies are free

#youtube #NCMHCE LMHC LCPC NCE COUNSELINGEXAM LPC LicensureExams

[askgv]

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#krislist #shelby kibler lmhc

[2009isitanyways]

Therapy is dumb as hell if they don't trust you with a scrip pad how the fuck are you supposed to help me? I'm supposed to talk to some little loser jackass they don't even trust not to write a bunch of fake oxy scrips or w/e?

Abt my *problems?* No absolutely not fuck y'all idk where you found this useless little non-prescribing motherfucker but put him back in the tank I have no reason to talk to him.

#when you think abt it LPC/LPCC/LMHCs are the cucks of psychiatry #*whimpering* b-but Jung said... #i bet you like those job personality tests too #little fuckin bitch #therapy #psychiatry #psychology #mental health #mental health memes #therapy memes #memes to show your therapist

[defleftist]

hello i luv ur blog <3 im in college right now and my grades are shit but i really want to get my masters in clinical psych & i was wondering how feasible u think it is to even get into grad school with a low gpa ?

Hi friend, thanks for the kind words. Thinking back on it, I don’t recall if my graduate program had a minimum gpa one had to have to gain entry in the program. Although we did have a minimum gpa we had to maintain once in the program in order to stay in the program. If I had any advice when it comes to academics, perhaps changing your course of study for your bachelors. My graduate cohort had people who had studied all sorts of different things for their bachelors degree. You just have to have a bachelors degree to get into the masters program, it doesn’t matter what it’s in, so perhaps you could find something easier to do. Otherwise, I would suggest seeing if there’s a mental health club on campus or maybe getting a job in a related field like being an inpatient mental health tech at a hospital. Because graduate programs require an interview portion in order to gain entry and this gives you an opportunity to kind of sell yourself so to speak. Having experience in a related field is something you could draw on if maybe the academic side isn’t so strong. And honestly most of being a good counselor comes down to your way of being, how you can hold space for someone, and the rapport you build with people to make them feel safe, seen, and heard. That’s not something that’s determined by how well you did in college. So if it’s something you’re determined to do, I think it’s definitely possible with some hard work. Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.

#anon #anonymous #defleftist #counselor #mental health counselor #therapist #therapy #licensed mental health counselor #lmhc #leftist therapist #leftist #leftblr #communist #socialist #communism #socialism #mental health #mental health matters #mental health counseling #anti capitalist #anti capitalism

[koukishinkat]

For anyone dealing with anxiety…

@koukishinkat

#home economics #s3e4 #topher grace #right in the feels #anxitey #panic anxiety #panic attack #therapist recommended #therapy #coping skills #mental health counseling #trauma #lmhc #psychoeducation #mental health #kat’s playlist #pre panic attack #pre-panic attack #panic #tv shows #Hulu #abc Hulu #abc network

[ask-me-about-therapy]

Tom Holland shocked his fans last month when he announced he would take a year-long break from acting to look after his mental health after playing Danny Sullivan in Apple TV’s The Crowded Room. At first, it was difficult to see why — the show, following a young man accused of attempted murder as he reveals his dark past, was hammered in the reviews, and the series didn’t really seem to make a splash.

However, many reviews alluded to a big “twist” in Episode 7. Now that twist is common knowledge: Danny Sullivan is a Host in a Dissociative Identity Disorder system, and the crimes were committed not by him, but by his “alters.” Characters whom viewers thought were Danny’s friends and protectors were actually part of his internal life, and in later episodes, we see them “front,” or present themselves in Danny’s behavior. His accent, posture, and whole personality switches.

This wasn’t much of a twist if you knew where to look. The entire series is loosely based on the real-life case of serial rapist Billy Milligan, who pled insanity due to DID and was found innocent. Daniel Keyes’ book The Minds of Billy Milligan is even credited in the opening sequence, making the late twist a bit less shocking than intended.

What isn’t surprising, however, is how another fictionalized story of Dissociative Identity Disorder is tied with murder. From Dressed to Kill to Split, fictional examples of this disorder are often shown as dangerous, violent people, and The Crowded Room seems to perpetuate that.

“Whenever there's any kind of media that surrounds DID, I lead in with a cringe almost every single time now because it's so misrepresented in media,” Kelly Caniglia, MA, LCMHC, LMHC, CCTP, tells Inverse. Caniglia is a board member of An Infinite Mind, a non-profit that provides resources and advocacy for those living with DID.

Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a trauma response where an individual undergoes something so traumatic that memories, feelings, and traits are fragmented and spread across multiple identities. It’s a surprisingly common occurrence. “1.5% of this population is living with DID. That's more than people than there are redheads,” Caniglia says. “It is so much more common than people realize. And so this is a whole genre of human that we're essentially spotlighting and trying to make a quick buck on.”

To the show’s credit, it’s clear the minds behind The Crowded Room took a responsible portrayal of DID in mind. “We read Daniel Keyes' book, we read articles that align with the topic, we watched films and documentaries, we spoke to experts and specialists in this field,” Tom Holland told Inverse’s Hoai-Tran Bui during the series’ press junket. Caniglia does point to elements that show this research, like the depiction of Danny’s internal space as the eponymous “crowded room,” a space where alters convene and discuss what to do going forward. This internal space is something experienced by some (but not all) DID systems.

But it’s hard to get behind this show as a thoughtful, considerate reflection on this disorder when it’s treated as a “gotcha,” like a narrative twist that’s full of shock and awe, not something that is simply a part of who the character is. Still, Tom Holland defended the choice. “What's really important about our show is to understand that there's more to Danny than just his DID. We wanted audiences to get to know him as a human being before people make assumptions about this mental health issue, this affliction that he has,” he said.

To Caniglia, the twist was low-hanging fruit. “There are so many pieces to DID that are not widely understood,” she said, “So it's fascinating to those that don't know it and it's fascinating to think about, ‘What? This one body has 50 people inside of it? What does that look like? How does that work?’”

So what could this series do to portray this disorder in a more sensitive light? For Caniglia, it could be as simple as a disclaimer that this is one DID story, or any other way of using this show’s high-profile platform in order to spread awareness of just what DID is in our world beyond the violent stereotypes.

She also pointed out there are other works that are working against this archetype, like filmmaker Dylan Crumpler’s short film Petals of a Rose, or even Marvel’s series Moon Knight. It was still a violent portrayal of a DID system, but it showed a hero as someone living with DID. The population finally had positive representation they could look to: a literal superhero. Considering the past depictions, that’s a big step.

The Crowded Room is a gripping story that does attempt to show that DID is nothing more than a self-preservation technique, but it’s still perpetuating harmful stereotypes, even if it’s based on a true story.

“Representation is so important,” Caniglia says, “And this population is already so marginalized that though this piece is entertaining and has points of great execution, it still reinforces the rhetoric of people with mental illness, in this case DID, are dangerous.”

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[shannonlynnin]

What is a clinical mental health counselor?

A Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) is a person that went through an accredited Masters program with the curriculum that follows CACREP. LMHC’s focus is on wellness and prevention, implementing a holistic approach to counseling and effectively teaching life skills the client may have never been taught. The counselor will initially assess the emotional instability that the client is presenting and affecting their relationships, intruding on their daily life tasks. Once assessed, the counselor would diagnose the client and create a treatment plan that maps out the counselor’s and client’s goals. 

In the mid 1700s, the first asylum was opened to act as a peaceful place for the mentally ill to live. However, these “sanctuaries” eventually turned into overcrowded, abusive and unsanitary institutions. Eventually, Psychiatrists intervened and became advocates for the mentally ill. 

In the 1800s, Philosophers began theorizing the concept of the mind and the effects of the world around them. Out of Philosophy came Psychology which is also seen in Greek Mythology and Theology. Eventually, in the late 1800s Sigmund Freud coined the term conscious and unconscious mind assisting Psychiatrists in understanding the thinking processes of the mentally ill and an idea to treat the illness. 

Licensed Mental Health Counselors were not always well-regarded in the Psychology world. It was not until John F Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act in 1963 that opened the door for Mental Health Counselors. This Act recognized the need for counselors and prevention in our communities. After the Vietnam war, soldiers were coming home in bad shape, most showing symptoms of “shell-shock,” now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Community Mental Health Act helped establish community wide centers to help individuals and their families dealing with disorders such as, mental illness, for example PTSD, intellectual disabilities, such as Autism, and addiction disorders, such as substance abuse, eating disorders, gambling, etc.  It established a clear need for treatment in multiple stages, like prevention for healthy people before an issue begins, programs like DARE and suicide prevention, as well as establishing a crises hotline. Prevention during,  such as inpatient care and treatment centers and finally, prevention after treatment, continuing to learn life skills and group/individual counseling in the outpatient setting. 

In 2011, after many years of lobbying for our profession, the Department of Defense finally recognized the demand for Mental Health Counseling, finally becoming eligible to be credentialed with TriCare, the military insurance for soldiers, retired military, as well as their families.  Eventually, in 1997, Mental Health Counseling was recognized by the ACA, but not eligible for licensure until 2009. 

Licensed Mental Health Counselors have come a long way, proving to be an asset to the community. Unlike other allied professions, Mental Health Counselors focus their attention on prevention and wellness. They assist in helping to eliminate the hardship that the client or their family may be experiencing. They teach important skills such as, stress management, time management and other important life skills to alleviate the feelings of anxiety, pressure and worries. They assist in the teaching steps to take care of oneself. Often, patients that are in inpatient treatment might need to be taught necessary life skills in order to get by once they are out of treatment. Such simple tasks as waking up at a normal time, brushing their teeth, showering, even washing their dishes after they eat and not leaving them in the community sink, are just some of the elementary skills that the client can use in the “real world.” Often, mental health counseling may be short term, as once the client is functioning in daily life without emotional stress, they may not feel that therapy is still beneficial. Counselors do recommend maintenance, such as a session every month or quarterly, just to check in. 

In conclusion, as one can clearly see, it was an exceptionally long road for the Mental Health Counseling Profession but we made it! We have proven to be a respectful and needed profession in the community and I can not wait to continue my journey towards licensure in Mental Health Counseling. 

References 

Gerig, M. S. (2018). Foundations for clinical mental health counseling: An introduction to the profession. (3rd ed.) Pearson Education, Inc.

#shannonlynnin #lmhc #cacrep

[khaleesiofalicante]

As in EVERY single one of your stories , it was LMHC time to make me cry

I love how david is so corageous when it comes to max. Is hard for him to comunicate , but he always try for maxs sake

Always ❤️

#lmch