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Mental Health Privacy and Insurance: What You Need to Know Before Using Benefits

Key Takeaways: Using insurance for therapy requires a mental health diagnosis based on the DSM, which becomes part of your permanent medical record. Insurance companies may access therapy notes through audits, treatment reviews or data processing, even when using a...

Taming Your Inner Critic: Strategies to Quiet Negative Self-Talk

We all have an inner critic, that voice inside our heads that judges, criticizes and questions our worth. While it may have started as a way to motivate or protect us, it can easily become a source of anxiety, self-doubt and depression. Learning to recognize, challenge and manage your negative...