MentalSpace Therapy

Let's clear up one of the most stigmatized diagnoses there is. Schizophrenia is NOT a "split personality," and people living with it are far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it. It's a brain-based condition involving episodes of psychosis — hallucinations, delusions, disorg Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

Alcohol Use Disorder isn't about willpower or just "drinking too much on weekends." It's a medical condition defined by 11 DSM-5 criteria — drinking more than you intended, failed attempts to cut back, cravings, and continuing despite harm to health, work, or relationships. Mild is 2-3 criteria, sev Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

Alcohol Use Disorder isn't about willpower or just "drinking too much on weekends." It's a medical condition defined by 11 DSM-5 criteria — drinking more than you intended, failed attempts to cut back, cravings, and continuing despite harm to health, work, or relationships. Mild is 2-3 criteria, sev Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

Specific phobias aren't quirky — for the person living with them, they shrink life in real ways. People miss weddings because they can't fly. They put off cancer screenings because of needle phobia. They avoid jobs that involve elevators. Here's the good news: graded exposure therapy works, often in Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Some people don't get crashes — they get a slow leak. Persistent Depressive Disorder (used to be called Dysthymia) is a low-grade depression that runs in the background for years. Folks with PDD often think 'this is just how I am.' It isn't. Therapy and medication help, sometimes dramatically. If yo Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

BPD has a stigma problem. People with Borderline Personality Disorder are often described as 'too much' when really they have intense emotional sensitivity and didn't get the regulation skills as kids. Here's the hopeful part: DBT — Dialectical Behavior Therapy — is genuinely life-changing for peopl Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

If antidepressants alone keep failing or sending someone you love into a 'too much' phase — racing thoughts, less sleep, big plans, big spending — it might not be depression. It might be Bipolar II. Getting the right diagnosis changes the treatment plan completely. Mood stabilizers plus therapy like Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

There's regular grief, and there's something called Prolonged Grief Disorder — when a year or more after a loss, the pain hasn't softened the way most people's eventually does. You still can't say their name. You still avoid the road where you used to go together. You still feel like part of you wen Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for...

If a new mom in your life has stopped texting back, isn't lighting up around the baby, or quietly says 'I just feel nothing' — please don't brush it off as 'baby blues.' Postpartum Depression affects about 1 in 7 birthing parents and can show up anytime in the first year. It's treatable — therapy (I Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Teleh...

Quick PSA: OCD is wildly misunderstood. It's not being neat. It's not double-checking the stove once. It's intrusive thoughts that won't leave plus compulsions that eat hours of your day and bring no relief. The treatment that actually works is called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) — it's a Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for G...

Quick reframe: 'narcissist' gets thrown around as an insult, but Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a real, diagnosable condition — and underneath the grandiosity is usually a painfully fragile sense of self. It shows up as entitlement, a need for admiration, trouble with empathy, and big reaction Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most dangerous mental health conditions there is — and one of the most misunderstood. It's not vanity or a phase; it's a brain-based illness marked by food restriction, intense fear of weight gain, and a distorted body image — and a person does NOT have to look underweight to be in real medical danger. Watch for rigid food rules, skipped meals, over-exercis...

If something hard happened to you — a car wreck, a loss, an assault, a medical scare, a tough birth — and you're still living with flashbacks, jumpy nerves, or a body that won't let you rest a year later, that's worth paying attention to. PTSD is a real diagnosis with real treatments. EMDR and CPT h Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Quick question — do you know the difference between 'I'm sad this week' and Major Depressive Disorder? MDD lasts at least two weeks, shows up as loss of interest in things you normally enjoy, changes how you sleep and eat, and drains your energy. It's not weakness. It's a real medical condition, and Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for...

If your brain runs a worry loop most days — finances, kids, the news, things that 'might' happen — and it's been going on for half a year or more, that may be more than stress. Generalized Anxiety Disorder shows up as muscle tension, sleep trouble, irritability, and a hard-to-quiet mind. The good ne Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder gets missed constantly — sometimes for years. It's a preoccupation with a perceived flaw in appearance (that others don't see, or barely notice) plus compulsive checking, comparing, or trying to fix it. It's not vanity. It causes deep distress. CBT adapted specifically for B Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Quick question to sit with: do you spend hours each week researching symptoms, scheduling 'just-in-case' appointments, or checking your body for signs of serious illness — and never feel reassured for long? That can be Illness Anxiety Disorder (the modern name for what was once called hypochondriasi Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Agoraphobia isn't just 'fear of going outside' — it's intense fear of being in places where escape or help would be hard if panic hit. Buses, grocery stores, crowded sidewalks, even being far from home alone. It often shows up alongside Panic Disorder, and it's deeply isolating. Here's the kind thin Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth...

If for one to two weeks every single month you become a person you barely recognize — rage, despair, anxiety, then it lifts when your period starts — that's not 'bad PMS,' it's likely Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), and it's a real DSM-5 diagnosis. CBT, SSRIs (sometimes only during the lutea Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for...

Myth: Binge Eating Disorder is a willpower problem. Reality: BED is the most common eating disorder in the U.S., it's a recognized DSM-5 diagnosis, and there are specific evidence-based therapies for it (CBT-Enhanced and IPT in particular). The shame around it keeps people from getting help, and the Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHe...

Substance Use Disorder is a medical condition, not a moral failing — and the way we talk about it matters. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, and treatment exists at every level. CBT, motivational interviewing, and medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol use disorders are all evidence Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

A phobia might sound small from the outside — 'just don't fly,' 'just don't look at the needle' — but inside, it shrinks your world. Specific Phobias are one of the most common anxiety disorders AND one of the most treatable. Exposure Therapy, done carefully and gradually, often produces real change Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth...

Question: Have you spent so many years feeling 'a little down, a little drained, a little flat' that you assume it's just who you are? That can be Persistent Depressive Disorder — a chronic, lower-intensity depression that lasts 2+ years and tends to get written off as a personality trait. It is not Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Quick PSA: Seasonal Affective Disorder isn't just a Pacific Northwest thing. Even in Georgia, the shorter, grayer days of fall/winter trigger a real depression in some folks — low energy, oversleeping, carb cravings, social withdrawal — for 2+ consecutive years in the same season. Bright light thera Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHe...

Going through a major life change — divorce, job loss, a diagnosis, a move — and finding yourself genuinely struggling weeks later? That's Adjustment Disorder, and it's actually the most commonly diagnosed mental health condition in outpatient therapy. Short-term, focused therapy works really well f Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...