February Staff Spotlight
WHEN I’M NOT AT WORK, YOU CAN FIND ME… Baking bread and bouldering! WHEN I WANT TO DE-STRESS, I… Meditate, play computer games, and watching Netflix MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR IS… the Summer! All
February 8, 2022
Articles
What Does it Mean to Create a Life Worth Living?
When is your life worth living? What makes it that way? I could ask you a million questions to suss out a set of answers to sell you tools, but the truth of it is
January 17, 2022
5 Reasons Dialectical Behavior Therapy is Better For You than “Fake” Positivity
”It’s okay to feel sad sometimes.” – Anonymous Our entertainment and celebrity-driven culture often values upbeat positivity above all else, blindly chasing social or material gains to the exclusion of anything that may be construed
January 10, 2022
November Staff Spotlight
WHEN I’M NOT AT WORK, YOU CAN FIND ME… occupying one of the cities many coffee shops on my eternal search for the best tea lattes in Bellevue WHEN I WANT TO DE-STRESS, I… lose myself in
November 18, 2021
Help For Therapists: Working With Suicidal Clients
There are few things a therapist fears more than the client who walks through our door, barely clinging to hope, who has attempted suicide in the past or who has suicidal urges now. While we’re
September 6, 2021
Making the Most Out of Your Summer in the Pacific Northwest
It’s finally the time that many of us have been waiting for—summer! The days are longer, warmer, and brighter, and we can enjoy more of what the PNW has to offer. This summer offers us
July 20, 2021
Sharing Toys (and Support): Celebrating Siblings Day
Our lives begin within a system; one most often made up of parents, family friends, aunts and uncles, cousins, peers, and siblings. Our siblings are often our first friends, our first role models, and our first exposure to arguments
April 9, 2021
How to Make Friends and Drop Enemies: Using DBT to Lean In and Let Go
February, aside from cold weather, brings Valentine’s Day and the commercialized spirit of expressing affection to loved ones. However, , while letting those you care for know you appreciate them, there also exists the need to shed relationships that do
February 12, 2021
In You, I Find Me: Celebrating Friendship & Sisterhood
The friendships we establish in childhood form the basis for the relationships we develop as we grow older and our lives become more complex. We often find our first real friendships in the formative years
September 9, 2020
How Do I Talk About What I Learned in Therapy?
The holidays are upon us, and you know what that means. Countless family functions, rushing around to various holiday parties, and opportunities to reacquaint yourself with your community and both old and new friends. Undeniably
December 11, 2019
October Staff Spotlight
Tell us about what you do at THIRA Health. Emily: I have previously been a milieu therapist and am currently a primary and art therapist. I work with both adults and teens, and currently run
October 28, 2019
Those Who Attempt Suicide & the Clinicians Who Work With Them
The arrival of National Suicide Prevention Month (September) stirs up a plethora of emotions for those in the community, both from survivors of suicide attempts, their families, loved ones, mental health treatment providers, and others
September 24, 2019