Heal Thrive Grow Behavioral Health

09/24/2018

Register Today for this Important Trauma Training. Presented by DBT Expert Amy Wagner, PhD. -

Lead by Dr. Amy Wagner, this course will help practitioners think through treatment planning for clients who have reduced high-risk behaviors after Stage I DBT, yet continue to struggle with significant emotion regulation difficulties and trauma-related problems. Amy will overview current thinking i...

08/15/2018

*NEXT MONTH* Please join Cedar Koons, for a special mindfulness event. -

06/15/2018

Please join Cedar Koons, for a special mindfulness event. -

Portland DBT Institute is pleased to announce our annual DBT Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat with Cedar Koons, MSW at the Whidbey Institute,Friday, September 14th, through Monday, September 17th, 2018

05/16/2018

When it comes to psychological interventions, few are backed by more evidence than Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD. However, relatively few people suffering from PTSD actually get effective treatment (i.e. PE or Cognitive Processing Therapy). Although Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has evidence to support its use, gold-standard treatment outcome and treatment dismantling studies suggest that there is little benefit to bilateral eye movements (the defining component of EMDR) and that PE is actually associated with a higher probability of achieving full remission during treatment (van den Berg et. al, 2015). It is important to be educated about your options when selecting treatments. At THRIVE, we’ve done that work for you and only offer evidence based interventions with solid outcome data. THRIVE is proud to offer Prolonged Exposure to clients seeking the very best in PTSD treatment.

See the van den Berg study here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25607833

Read a popular press article about PE at the link below.

In a recent article in The New York Times Sunday Review, US Marine Corps Veteran David J. Morris chronicled his experience getting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at a Veterans Affairs hospital. In his essay, …

04/23/2018

Elevate your practice of DBT and prepare for the DBT-LBC Clinician Certification process. -

Providing individual DBT therapy for complex, multi-diagnostic clients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is hard work and the road to treatment success is seldom straight-forward. It is easy to get  mired down in the complexity and confusion of the targets, unrelenting crises, and in-sessi...

04/19/2018

Upcoming Training: DBT for Substance Abusers - https://mailchi.mp/9ae9950fb4b7/upcoming-training-dbt-for-substance-abusers

04/18/2018

Recently, Mental Health has received increasing recognition as a crucial factor in people’s overall wellbeing. And we have the research to back up its importance, according to this blog post from SAMHSA. Blue Cross Blue Shield developed the BCBS Health Index to identify the top health conditions most adversely affecting our nation, broken down to the county level. The interactive tool is linked in the blog post - take a peek! Some interesting findings: Major depression and substance use disorders fall within the top 10 conditions impacting Americans. Mood and anxiety disorders, when looked at collectively, “have the greatest impact on American’s health of any condition”! On the flip side, analyses showed that “counties with higher mental health scores on the index also had higher personal income, greater economic growth and lower unemployment.” So, according to SAMHSA, how do we raise everyone’s mental health scores and reduce the prevalence of behavioral health disorders? You guessed it – deliver more evidence-based treatments!

If you’re interested in receiving evidenced-based, research-backed mental health treatment for yourself or a loved one, visit Health THRIVE Grow’s website (healthrivegrow.com) or give us a call at 503-290-3261.

Behavioral Health Reported to Have Greatest Impact on Overall Health March 6, 2017 / SAMHSA / Mental Health By: Paolo del Vecchio, M.S.W., Director, SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Mental and substance use disorders take an enormous toll on Americans’ health, longevity and productivity. C...

04/09/2018

Tomorrow is your last chance to save $25 -

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a highly efficacious treatment developed by Marsha M. Linehan, PhD for multi-diagnostic, severely disordered individuals with borderline personality disorder and other problems of emotion dysregulation. Recent studies have shown that DBT skills, when provided in...

02/16/2018

We still have space open in our Couples Skills Workshop and CBT for Insomnia Group. Now starting March 6th. We'd love to have you join!

01/05/2018

For better sleep, join our 7-week CBT for Insomnia Group led by sleep expert Dr. Natalie Stroupe! Starts Feb 6th! www.healthrivegrow.com/sleep-group/

01/02/2018

Interested in improving your relationship without the extended commitment of ongoing couples therapy? Check out our Couples Skills Workshop - a 10 week course designed to teach you and your partner the skills you need to reduce conflict and improve communication and closeness. Begins 2/6/18. To enroll: www.healTHRIVEgrow.com/couples-skills-workshop/