mentalhealthprofesMay 104 minMusic Therapy 101By Stephanie Bolton MA, MT-BC Board Certified Music Therapist, Fellow, Association for Music and Imagery (FAMI) One of the most common...
mentalhealthprofesMar 214 minDisability Distraction by Anneliese Knop, ALCDisability Distraction: What Counselors Get Wrong When Treating Clients with Disabilities, Chronic Illness, and Chronic Pain I am very...
mentalhealthprofesFeb 22 minThe Power of Playby Stephanie Hase LICSW, PIP, RPT In honor of International Play Therapy Week Feb. 5-12, Stephanie Hase, LICSW, PIP, RPT shares some...
mentalhealthprofesNov 30, 20223 minStress Management Tips for the Holiday Seasonby 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...
mentalhealthprofesSep 10, 20222 minSupporting BIPOC Clients Ja’Vae Parham, ALC, NCCby Ja’Vae Parham, ALC, NCC Historically there has been a stigma on mental health across the communities of Black, Indigenous, and People...
mentalhealthprofesAug 18, 20223 minThe 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...
mentalhealthprofesJul 11, 20227 min5 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...
mentalhealthprofesJun 1, 20224 minMusic + 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...
mentalhealthprofesMay 3, 20224 minAce on the Couch by Anneliese KnopDisclaimer: This is not a professional case study, but a story from my personal life I have permission to share. She never had crushes...
mentalhealthprofesMar 4, 20222 minAm I Codependent? By Pamela L. Tippit, LPC-SOften, when I meet clients in my practice they are coming in because they are aware that they are sad, angry, anxious, frustrated or a...
mentalhealthprofesFeb 8, 20225 minWomen with Autism by Jessica Penot LPC, MS, ADCI never had a passion for working with those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. All the stereotypes associated with autism didn’t...
mentalhealthprofesDec 2, 20215 minHow 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...
mentalhealthprofesNov 7, 20213 minHow 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...
mentalhealthprofesOct 14, 20214 minThe Tissue Box and My Observationsby 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...
mentalhealthprofesAug 20, 20214 minCommunication is the Key in Marriage by Holly Walker, LPC-SAt 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...
mentalhealthprofesJul 28, 20213 minRecovering From Burnout by Louisa DiLeoneRecovering From Burnout As a therapist and recovering perfectionist, I often dive into what I myself need to learn. Being ambitious,...
mentalhealthprofesJun 14, 20216 minJust Two Therapists: How Did MHPNA Get Started??!! by Pam & ChristinaWhat 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...