I Think I’m Losing My Mind
Am I Losing My Mind? Your heart is racing, your mind is spinning, you can’t focus, and you’re feeling like you will lose control at any moment. This feeling is called anxiety and it’s one shared by millions of people every day. When you have an Anxiety Disorder you...
Get Equipped! How Our Training Elevates Our Therapists
Oh, how the times haven’t changed. The mental health diagnosis and treatment process has largely worked the same since Freud: Patient visits therapist and voices a concern. Therapist asks questions, arrives at diagnosis, and endeavors to ease the patient’s symptoms....
The Future of Mental Health Treatment Starts Now
[callout align="right"]How can it be that, during the height of human advancement, we’re suffering more than ever?[/callout]Humans are more depressed and anxious than ever. As I write this, 1 in 5 Americans is living with a mental health disorder. But why? Our brains...
Instagram to Launch Parental Controls in March
Dr. Nicole Siegfried, Chief Clinical Officer at Lightfully Behavioral Health discusses how teens are affected by social media. Recently, Instagram announced that the social media platform would be adding parental controls to its accounts. These changes after waves of...
11 Tips For Supporting Someone Struggling with Mental Health
"Though mental health concerns are common, it can be difficult to watch a loved one struggling with these issues. Whether it’s depression or anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or another of the many mental health issues that can affect someone’s life, looking...
What to Say and Do If Your Child Thinks They’re Fat
"The first time it happens, you may be caught off-guard, but it's a common situation for many parents: Your child expresses concern about their body size. If this has happened to you, you're certainly not alone." Parents can encourage their children to develop healthy...
Smoking Addiction and Mental Health Should Be Treated Together, Study Suggests
“It is important to reiterate that this is a cross-sectional, correlational study, so causation cannot be determined. For example, this study does not show that smoking and substance abuse causes more distress than substance abuse alone,” explains Nicole Siegfried,...
Woman Loses 12 Friends to Suicide, Creates NoSo November
When Madeline Freeman was in high school, 12 of her classmates died by suicide. Though the experience in Freeman's community was extreme, it wasn't isolated. Lightfully's Nicole Siegfried discusses the link between social media use and depression. In "No Social Media...
Mental Health Spotlight: Treating Insomnia and Depression
A discussion of the connection between depression and insomnia from Healthline. Lightfully's Nicole Siegfried, PhD, CEDS, is interviewed about this connection and the use of supplements to treat insomnia. Depression and insomnia often go hand in hand. In fact,...