As we honor Mental Health Awareness month, it’s important to know the resources available to us and to our communities. According to NAMI, 1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year, but less than two-thirds get treatment. The term “treatment” itself can be stigmatizing, and support & resources look different for everyone. Support might come in […]
Those of us that have ever had to “come out” know that it isn’t a one-time thing. We come out to different people, we come out as we learn more about ourselves and our identities, we come out by sharing our likes and dislikes, and we come out by talking about our loves and heart-breaks. […]
Starting in May 2016, Callen-Lorde sent a team of ten mental health providers to participate in a two-part Intensive Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) hosted by The Linehan Institute-Behavioral Tech at St. John’s University. DBT is a comprehensive, evidence-based treatment originally designed for patients with borderline personality disorder and/or chronic suicidality and non-suicidal self injury […]