Destigmatizing Mental Illness: Music Therapy in the Clinical Outpatient Realm

• By: Ariel Avissar, MA, MT-BC, LCAT Joel Layton, BA, CPS South Beach Psychiatric Center
• April 18th, 2023
• mental health stigma, Music Therapy, psychotherapy, Spring 2023 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction, treatment
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Destigmatizing mental illness through the power of music in clinical mental health treatment therapy combined with peer support can be beneficial to achieving transformation within the current paradigm in mental health. The effects of stigma are felt most by disregarded communities who tend to be...

Utilizing Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy When Treatment-Oriented Care is Not Leading to Recovery

• By: Kristin Rodriguez, LCSW Cameron Searle, PsyD South Beach Psychiatric Center
• April 20th, 2022
• interests, recovery, recovery-based treatment model, recovery-oriented cognitive therapy, Spring 2022 Issue, training, treatment
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Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) was originally developed by the Beck Institute to promote recovery and resiliency in individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but it can be applied broadly to individuals with various challenges. The Beck Institute describes CT-R as “highly...