2021 Top Ten Mental Health Articles

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Joe Borders, MFT

By Joe Borders, MFT

Therapist in Sacramento and Roseville

December 14th, 2021

2021 Top Ten Mental Health Articles

In addition to connecting you with therapists, counselors, and other mental health resources in the greater Sacramento area, SacWellness is also home to a mental health blog with articles written by local mental health professionals. The blog has been a good way to involve local therapists in the site and collect information that locals in our area care about.

Every year I like to go through the site statistics and present the top ten most viewed SacWellness mental health articles of the year. The following are those articles sorted by number of views over the year 2021.

If you are a mental health therapist in the greater Sacramento area and would like to write something for the mental health blog, please contact me or check out this page about guest blogging for SacWellness.

1.

2021 Mental Health Awareness Calendar

-111,514 views!-

The Mental Health Awareness calendar has become a staple of SacWellness and we are working on the 2022 edition right now! ^_^ Please feel free to share. We plan on updating it every year and using the same URL for each new edition, so you will never have to worry about updating links ^_^.

By Angela Borders

Publish Date January 1st, 2021

2023 Mental Health Awareness Calendar

2.

Navigating Relationships
When One Person Is Poly And The Other Is Mono

-10,914 views-

The Sacramento area is home to a good number of people who are interested in exploring or are involved in polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, or other forms of non-traditional relationships. Sometimes it can be hard to navigate these relationships, especially if you are new to them or one person in a relationship is monogamous and the other is not. Local therapist Genevieve Fahey talks about navigating mono – poly relationships in this article.

By Genevieve Fahey, MFT

January 14, 2021

Navigating Relationships When One Person Is Poly And The Other Is Mono

3.

Culture Bound Syndromes

-3,656 views-

This is an older one that has seen increased views over the last year or two. I’m thinking it may have something to do with increased awareness of racial injustice and many peoples’ desire to learn more and become more aware and/or a better ally.

This article is about a section of the the official book of mental health diagnoses used in the US (the DSM) that talks about how some disorders are unique to particular cultures. Some examples are provided. If you’re looking for something more along the lines of racial justice resources, check out our list of black lives matter resources.

January 18, 2018

By Angela Borders

Culture Bound Syndromes

4.

Breaking Free of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

-2,870 views-

Dr. Forrest Talley shared this expansive guide on battling OCD with us in 2019. It’s grown in popularity since then.

By Forrest Talley, PhD

December 18, 2019

Breaking Free of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

5.

Active Scam Alert:
Calls From People Impersonating Officers

-3,032 views-

Unfortunately, scams targeting therapists are a pretty common occurrence. I try to catch them whenever they come around and send out alerts to the local community. This particular one is especially insidious and has scared a lot of people. It involves someone posing as a law enforcement officer calling and pressuring the victim to pay an alleged fee.

Active Scam Alert: Calls From People Impersonating Officers

6.

“Pure O” OCD

-2,200 views-

This is an important one I find myself talking with people about on occasion. We tend to think of OCD as being characterized by compulsions: repetitive behaviors you feel like you have to do. Actually, an OCD diagnosis does not require the presence of compulsions, and sometimes obsessive thoughts are the primary issue. This has come to be referred by some as “Pure O” OCD.

Joe Borders, MFT

July 3, 2018

“Pure O” OCD

7.

Online Therapy:
Setting Up Your Telehealth Practice Quickly

-2,116 views-

In 2020 and 2021 many of us had to make the switch to working online. In this article, local therapist Audrey Schoen talks about the process of setting up a telehealth private practice and offers lots of helpful tips for this.

By Audrey Schoen, LMFT

March 16, 2020

Online Therapy: Setting Up Your Telehealth Practice Quickly

8.

The Four Horsemen:
Signs Your Relationship is In Trouble

-2,072 views-

Dr. John Gottman, a renowned couples therapist and researcher has famously talked about what he suggests are fairly reliable signs that a relationship is in trouble. He calls the four main (worst) ones “the four horsemen”.

By Nancy Ryan, MFT

February 19th, 2020

The Four Horsemen: Signs Your Relationship is In Trouble

9.

Mental Health Crisis Resources
In The Greater Sacramento Area

-1,966 views-

The overall goal of SacWellness is to help people in the greater Sacramento area connect with local mental health resources. As part of this effort, we maintain an ongoing curation of mental health crisis resources available to those in Sacramento and surrounding areas.

Updated August 23, 2021

https://sacwellness.com/greater-sacramento-area-mental-health-crisis-resources/

10.

10 Things You Can Do Right Now
To Cope With Stress And Anxiety

-1,870 views-

This is an article I wrote several years ago, containing several things you can do right now to cope with stress and anxiety. Generally coping with stress and anxiety involves recognizing issues that cause problems, planning ahead for them, accepting feelings of anxiety and stress when they come up, and then engaging in some kind of healthy coping skill to get you through tough times and return to normal baseline. These coping skills are very individual and you have to find what works for you. try some of these, but I especially recommend you have some kind of healthy breathing practice in place for hard times.

By Joe Borders,MFT

December 18, 2018

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Cope With Stress And Anxiety

 


So there you have it! Our top ten most viewed mental health articles of 2021!
Please share if any of these interest you or are helpful in some way ^_^

If you are a mental health therapist in the greater Sacramento area and would like to write something for the mental health blog, please contact me or check out this page about guest blogging for SacWellness.


About the Author

Joe Borders, MFTJoe Borders is a marriage and family therapist located in Roseville and Sacramento. He is primarily a sex positive gender therapist, but also specializes in working with couples, teens, addiction, and the LGBTQ community. Joe is also the owner and founder of SacWellness. You can find out more about him by visiting his sacwellness listing or by visiting his website: therapy and counseling in Roseville and Sacramento

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