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Welcome to My Mental Health Blog
I've always enjoyed writing and I love to write about mental health, wellness and personal growth. My articles also reflect my approaches to treatment, therapy and healing. My content is a good reflection of how I practice and how I work.
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Can Internal Family Systems Help us Treat Borderline Personality Disorder?
In order to effectively treat BPD, we have to get to the core of the issue Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD (I will refer to it as...
Scott Carter
Jan 2710 min read
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What is the Best Therapy for Trauma Treatment?
And why is it Internal Family Systems? In the last fifteen or so years, EMDR has taken the podium for the preferred method of treating...
Scott Carter
Jan 78 min read
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How to do Shadow Work
And why you should even concern yourself with it in the first place Shadow work has caught a little bit of attention on the internet...
Scott Carter
Jan 112 min read
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Keys to Raising a Happy and Successful Teenagers: A Guide for Parents
And 5 Things You Might be Doing That is Harming Your Relationship Raising happy and successful teenagers is tough. Parents as well as...
Scott Carter
Dec 18, 202411 min read
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Is Therapy Bad For Kids?
What teens need to be happy, healthy and successful On a professional level I've become increasingly more and more aware of how and where...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Apr 23, 202415 min read
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We're Looking at Mental Health All Wrong
We need to adopt a new perspective for mental wellness and treatment More and more people are challenging the notion that therapy is...
Scott Carter
Mar 7, 202413 min read
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Internal Family Systems Therapy Might Offer Better Solutions for Borderline Personality Disorder
This therapy modality may help us get to the core of this complex mental illness Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD has been...
Scott Carter
Feb 19, 202412 min read
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Navigating the Confusing World of Ketamine Treatment
And how ketamine could be the right answer for your mental health I know that by now, many people have heard of ketamine and they know...
Scott Carter
Sep 11, 202310 min read
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Why do Men do so Poorly in Therapy?
How the Mental Health Industry is Failing Men and Boys I recently listened to the super viral song by a young man who calls himself...
Scott Carter
Aug 29, 202317 min read
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Finding Healing From Toxic Perfectionism
Our culture of criticism is harmful to our mental health and our relationships I recently saw a quote that really tied something together...
Scott Carter
Aug 21, 202315 min read
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The Plague of Overthinking
Overthinking is likely the source of many issues in your life There are a multitude of issues that are giving people a lot of trouble...
Scott Carter
Aug 11, 202313 min read
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Therapy and Coaching Are a Match Made in Heaven
Therapy has many drawbacks and limitations; it's sadly not that effective Earlier in 2023 I had almost entirely made up my mind to let my...
Scott Carter
Aug 9, 20239 min read
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Depression and Anxiety Are Very Treatable Mental Disorders
You will notice improvements if you apply specific tactics and skills I've been in the mental health industry for nearly a quarter of a...
Scott Carter
Aug 1, 20237 min read
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The Truth About Narcissistic Trauma
This trauma can have devastating psychological affects Narcissistic trauma isn't really talked about and it's rarely even recognized by...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Jun 6, 20238 min read
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We, In Fact, Have Good Reasons to be Depressed
And we need to change our outlook and approach to it We are overwhelmed with depression. It's become so commonplace and pervasive that...
Scott Carter
Apr 21, 20239 min read
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Setting the Tone for Effective Psychedelic Therapy
Five things you need to know before you journey Many may not know that there is a group that was recently pushing a bill in the state...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Mar 24, 20235 min read
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5 Reasons Borderline Personality (BPD) is Difficult to Treat
Borderline personality disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Many private practice therapists won’t take on BPD clients and if they...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Feb 26, 20233 min read
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Being Emotionally Present with Your Teen is More Important Than Being Physically Present
One of my main parenting pro tips is for parents to understand and realize that being emotionally present is a lot more important and...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Feb 26, 20234 min read
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6 Things You Should Expect When Divorcing a High Conflict Individual
Marriages that include a high conflict personality almost always end in divorce. It seems quite rare when it doesn’t and what makes it...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Feb 26, 20233 min read
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5 Signs That Kids are Being Raised by a High Conflict Parent
Some of the toughest work that I do currently often involves children who have a high conflict parent. These high conflict individuals...
Scott M Carter, CMHC
Feb 24, 20236 min read
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