As a mental health professional at Mind Body Seven, an integrative psychiatry and mental health clinic, my commitment is not only to implement innovative therapies but also to provide a detailed understanding of their mechanisms.

A paradigm-shifting treatment is ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), which demonstrates great promise in managing a broad range of mental health disorders. This blog aims to offer a comprehensive perspective on KAP, its applications, benefits, potential risks, and the therapy session's experience.

By recognizing your key values you can make better choices in life. Knowing your values can provide you with orientation as you look to the future and make sense of your past.

Dialectical behavior therapy can teach skills and ways of being that can help someone get out of depression and build a life worth living.

When an adolescent is struggling to cope with their various life circumstances and personal mental health challenges, they may benefit from therapy. If you are considering therapy for your adolescent, DBT would be an excellent option.

BPD is marked by a pattern of unstable moods, behavior, and self-image. It was named in part because individuals with this diagnosis seem to shift back and forth across a border.

At its core, DBT aims to help clients develop skills that they can use to manage difficult emotions, tolerate distress, strengthen mindfulness skills, and improve their relationships.

When deciding whether to start using a psychotropic medication such as an antidepressant, there is often concern over whether this choice will become a life-long sentence and what the consequences could be if the medication is later discontinued.

Inflammation that plays a role in depression is different. We are talking about chronic low-level inflammation caused by a pro-inflammatory diet, sedentary lifestyle, chronic infections, obesity, and many other lifestyle factors.

Our clinical understanding of what causes depression remains incomplete. Among the competing hypotheses of the etiology of depression, the role of inflammation in major depressive disorder (MDD) has garnered a lot of attention and research in recent years.

The pathogenesis of major depressive disorder involves a complex interplay of social, psychological, and biological factors. Gut health, specifically, may play an important role in the disease and its treatment.

Did you know that gluten can affect your mental health? In sensitive individuals, gluten can even cause or exacerbate mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.

With changes in modern diet, we are consuming a lot less Omega 3 and a lot more Omega 6 fatty acids and that is contributing to both physical and mental health problems.

Did you know that artificial sweeteners can be connected to anxiety? Click here to learn more about using natural sugars and how they can affect your mental health.

Whether you want to improve your job, your relationship, or your social life, identifying and using your character strengths will help. Recognizing and cultivating your character strengths will also improve your overall happiness.

It’s not surprising that happier, more optimistic individuals tend to suffer from mental illness at lower rates. However, fostering a good mood and a good mindset can also help improve your physical health.

Have you ever had a gut-wrenching experience or felt butterflies in your stomach? These are cases where you actually experience one of your feelings in your gut. And there’s a good reason for this.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapy program for individuals with difficulties with emotional regulation or self-harm. See how it can help adolescents.

Did you know that perimenopause can be as turbulent as menopause and start as early as your mid- thirties? Often women at this stage in life experience extreme physical and emotional duress as a result of hormone imbalance. Read about how imbalance sets in and what you can do to achieve optimal mind body health in the perimenopause years.

Wherever you are in life, having an understanding of the state of your body, what your ‘normal is,’ and the changes to come is incredibly important. Women are particularly sensitive to hormonal shifts, and the post menopausal years bring falling levels of estrogen and emotional and physical changes.