MentalSpace Therapy

Real talk: Borderline Personality Disorder gets dismissed and stigmatized constantly — and that stigma keeps people from getting care that actually works. BPD involves intense emotions, fear of abandonment, unstable sense of self, and impulsive patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was develo Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

Grief doesn't have a schedule, but when it's been a year or more and the loss still feels like it just happened — when you can't move forward, when daily life still feels impossible — that's now recognized as Prolonged Grief Disorder. It's a real diagnosis, and there's a specific therapy (Complicate Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth...

If your mood swings between weeks of being on top of the world (barely sleeping, talking fast, taking big risks) and weeks of being unable to get out of bed, that's worth a real conversation with a licensed clinician. Bipolar Disorder is a treatable condition, and with the right combination of thera Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHe...

Quick PSA: 'I'm so OCD' usually isn't OCD. Real Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is intrusive thoughts that won't leave (often about harm, contamination, or things being 'just right') paired with rituals to make the thoughts go away — and the cycle takes over hours of the day. It is not a quirky person Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Teleh...

If you've spent years feeling like everyone else got a 'how to adult' manual you never received — chronically late, drowning in unfinished tasks, hyper-focused on the wrong thing, emotionally swingy — that's not a moral failing. Adult ADHD shows up exactly like that, and it's diagnosable and treatab Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for...

Tonight, a gentle nudge. If walking into a waiting room, meeting a new therapist face-to-face, or 'being seen' feels like the very thing keeping you from getting help — that's exactly why we offer telehealth. Social Anxiety Disorder is treatable (CBT with gradual exposure is strongly evidence-backed Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

If you've had a baby in the past year and you're crying for no reason, feeling disconnected from your baby, or just not yourself — please hear this: it's not your fault, and it's not a character flaw. Postpartum Depression is a real diagnosis, it affects about 1 in 7 new parents, and it responds wel Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

Ever had your heart suddenly racing, hands tingling, chest tight — convinced something was very wrong, only for it to pass in 10-20 minutes? That can be a panic attack. When attacks keep coming back and you start fearing the next one, it can become Panic Disorder. CBT with interoceptive exposure has Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

If something from your past keeps showing up — flashbacks, nightmares, jumpiness, the urge to avoid certain places or feelings — that's not weakness. It can be Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and it's treatable. EMDR and trauma-focused CBT have strong research behind them. Tonight, give yourself per Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Quick myth-busting: depression isn't a bad mood, and 'just be positive' isn't a treatment. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a real, diagnosable condition — two weeks or more of persistent low mood or loss of interest, plus things like changes in sleep, appetite, and energy. Behavioral activation a Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georg...

Worry that won't shut off — even when there's no real reason — is a clinical sign of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), not a personality flaw. Folks with GAD often deal with muscle tension, restlessness, and trouble sleeping for 6+ months at a time. The good news? CBT and mindfulness-based therapy Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Friday night education — Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is much more than 'low body confidence.' Clinically, BDD is preoccupation with one or more perceived defects in physical appearance that are NOT observable to others or appear only slight, plus repetitive behaviors (mirror checking, excessive g Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Midday explainer — what was once called 'hypochondria' is now diagnostically two related conditions: Illness Anxiety Disorder (preoccupation with having a serious illness despite no or minimal somatic symptoms) and Somatic Symptom Disorder (one or more bothersome physical symptoms with excessive tho Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Friday morning explainer — Agoraphobia is more than 'fear of leaving the house.' It's a clinical diagnosis with specific criteria: marked fear or anxiety about 2+ of these situations — public transit, open spaces, enclosed spaces, being in a crowd or line, or being outside the home alone — driven by Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Thursday evening education — Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is NOT 'just bad PMS.' It's a recognized DSM-5 diagnosis with strict criteria: 5+ symptoms appearing in the final week before menses, improving within a few days after onset, and gone in the post-menstrual week, including at least 1 Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #C...

Midday education — Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is actually the most common eating disorder in the U.S., more prevalent than anorexia and bulimia combined. Clinically, BED is recurrent episodes of eating an objectively large amount of food in a discrete period with a sense of loss of control, at leas Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

Thursday morning education — Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a recognized medical condition, not a character flaw. The DSM-5 criteria require 2+ of 11 specific signs over 12 months: using more or longer than intended, unsuccessful attempts to cut back, lots of time spent on substance-related activit Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

Tuesday evening reminder — Adjustment Disorder is one of the most common reasons people start therapy, and it's a perfectly valid clinical diagnosis. It's the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms within 3 months of a major life stressor (job loss, divorce, a serious diagnosis, relocation, Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Midday myth-busting — Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most stigmatized conditions in mental health, often unfairly portrayed in media. Clinically, BPD requires 5+ of: frantic efforts to avoid real/imagined abandonment, unstable intense relationships, identity disturbance, impulsi Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

Tuesday morning explainer for anyone who has lost someone they loved — Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD), added to the DSM-5-TR in 2022, is now a recognized clinical condition. It is NOT the same as 'normal' grief. PGD is persistent, intense yearning for the deceased and preoccupation with the death, w Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Monday evening explainer — Bipolar Disorder is more complex than 'mood swings.' Bipolar I requires at least one manic episode (7+ days of elevated or irritable mood, grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, pressured speech, often risky behavior or psychosis). Bipolar II requires hypo Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #Coping...

Midday myth-busting — OCD is NOT 'I like things tidy' or 'I'm so OCD about my schedule.' Clinically, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder involves obsessions (intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause real distress) and/or compulsions (repetitive behaviors or mental acts done to neutralize Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for G...

Monday morning explainer — Adult ADHD is a real clinical diagnosis, not a quirk or a meme. The DSM requires persistent inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that started before age 12, shows up in multiple settings (not just work, also home/relationships), and meaningfully impacts daily funct Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing...

Mothers Are Built Different Unshakable. Unbreakable. Unmatched. 💛 As today comes to a close, we honor every mom whose strength holds entire families together — quietly, lovingly, every single day. Happy Mother's Day from Coping & Healing Counseling. Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing #GeorgiaTherapy #Telehealth #MentalHealt...

Mother's Day: Thank You, Mom Say it loud today: thank you, Mom. 💛 For the strength we leaned on without realizing it. For the love that never quit. For raising the people the world needs. Happy Mother's Day from Coping & Healing Counseling. Generated from Coping & Healing Counseling: Accessible Telehealth for Georgia #CopingAndHealing #GeorgiaTherapy #Telehealth #MentalHealth #P...