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Let’s Celebrate BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month

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Jul 11
3 min

Let’s Celebrate BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month

By Pamela L Tippit, LPC-S July is Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month. This year’s theme is...

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Self-Care For Helping Professionals: REAL Self-Care Requires Sacrifice by Pamela L. Tippit, LPC-S

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Jun 7
2 min

Self-Care For Helping Professionals: REAL Self-Care Requires Sacrifice by Pamela L. Tippit, LPC-S

In the context of therapists and helping professionals, self-care goes beyond indulging in spa treatments and focuses on the foundational...

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May 10
4 min

Music Therapy 101

By Stephanie Bolton MA, MT-BC Board Certified Music Therapist, Fellow, Association for Music and Imagery (FAMI) One of the most common...

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Disability Distraction by Anneliese Knop, ALC

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Mar 21
4 min

Disability Distraction by Anneliese Knop, ALC

Disability Distraction: What Counselors Get Wrong When Treating Clients with Disabilities, Chronic Illness, and Chronic Pain I am very...

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Feb 2
2 min

The Power of Play

by Stephanie Hase LICSW, PIP, RPT In honor of International Play Therapy Week Feb. 5-12, Stephanie Hase, LICSW, PIP, RPT shares some...

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Stress Management Tips for the Holiday Season

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Nov 30, 2022
3 min

Stress Management Tips for the Holiday Season

by Stephanie Bolton MA, MT-BC Sing with me now– it’s beginning to look a lot like chaos, everywhere I go…. The holiday season is fully...

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Supporting BIPOC Clients Ja’Vae Parham, ALC, NCC

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Sep 10, 2022
2 min

Supporting BIPOC Clients Ja’Vae Parham, ALC, NCC

by Ja’Vae Parham, ALC, NCC Historically there has been a stigma on mental health across the communities of Black, Indigenous, and People...

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The Feeling Phenomenon: How to Complete Your Communication With Clients by Anneliese Knop M.S., ALC

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Aug 18, 2022
3 min

The Feeling Phenomenon: How to Complete Your Communication With Clients by Anneliese Knop M.S., ALC

“I feel like she’s not really listening to what I’m saying. Like she has this idea of what my problem is and goes off on a tangent and...

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Jul 11, 2022
7 min

5 Years of MHPNA!

With this year marking 5 years of the Mental Health Professionals of North Alabama's existence, Christina and I wanted to take some time...

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Jun 1, 2022
4 min

Music + Therapy = Music Therapy! YES!

by Stephanie Bolton MA, MT-BC, Certified Music Therapist One of the most common misconceptions about music therapy is that the person...

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May 3, 2022
4 min

Ace on the Couch by Anneliese Knop

Disclaimer: This is not a professional case study, but a story from my personal life I have permission to share. She never had crushes...

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Am I Codependent? By Pamela L. Tippit, LPC-S

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Mar 4, 2022
2 min

Am I Codependent? By Pamela L. Tippit, LPC-S

Often, when I meet clients in my practice they are coming in because they are aware that they are sad, angry, anxious, frustrated or a...

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Women with Autism by Jessica Penot LPC, MS, ADC

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Feb 8, 2022
5 min

Women with Autism by Jessica Penot LPC, MS, ADC

I never had a passion for working with those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. All the stereotypes associated with autism didn’t...

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How Many Colleagues Do You Have Who Have Disabilities?

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Dec 2, 2021
5 min

How Many Colleagues Do You Have Who Have Disabilities?

by Anneliese Knop No re-read what I just wrote. Did your brain substitute “client” for “colleague?” There are two key reasons why we...

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mentalhealthprofes

Nov 7, 2021
3 min

How have you been sleeping?

by Layla Niemann, LICSW, PIP If there is one health metric I LOVE to get nerdy about, it is sleep! I became interested in this treatment...

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Oct 14, 2021
4 min

The Tissue Box and My Observations

by Holly Walker, LPC-S A counselor friend of mine said she dubbed her client seating area as “the crying couch” and I’ve referred to the...

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Communication is the Key in Marriage by Holly Walker, LPC-S

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Aug 20, 2021
4 min

Communication is the Key in Marriage by Holly Walker, LPC-S

At my bridal shower many years ago, those in attendance were asked to write down one bit of advice for me on an index card for me to...

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Recovering From Burnout by Louisa DiLeone

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Jul 28, 2021
3 min

Recovering From Burnout by Louisa DiLeone

Recovering From Burnout As a therapist and recovering perfectionist, I often dive into what I myself need to learn. Being ambitious,...

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Just Two Therapists: How Did MHPNA Get Started??!! by Pam & Christina

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Jun 14, 2021
6 min

Just Two Therapists: How Did MHPNA Get Started??!! by Pam & Christina

What gave you the idea for a group such as this? Christina: After I graduated with my MSW in 2007, I didn’t have a Social Work supervisor...

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