Behavioral Health Today

In this final installment of the COVID-19 and Psychological Awareness series, Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Lawrie Ignacio conclude their discussion on understanding our biological reactions, mental health, the stages of loss, and existential fears around the COVID-19 pandemic. They provide helpful solutions to anxiety, redefining ourselves, and identifying our areas of control so we can take healthy steps toward mindfulness and transcendence.

Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Kristen Wilkinson discuss the dynamics of stepfamilies. Together they talk about the changing definition of a stepfamily and highlight some of the challenges and ways to a smooth the transition stepfamilies may consider for a meaningful family composition. Dr. Wilkinson also dives into family relationship research and shares her personal experiences as a stepchild. 

Our daily use of smartphones, computers, tablets, and televisions has increased our 'screen time' consumption. How does this affect teens, and is there a correlation to anxiety and depression? Join Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Erin Elmore as they explore the connection of screen use, anxiety, and depression among teens.

In part two of our COVID-19 and Psychological Awareness topic, Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Lawrie Ignacio continue their discussion around this pandemic. They identify all four existential fears and the unique griefs surrounding this major worldwide event. Recognizing these fears helps us move to a place of acceptance and a final stage of transcendence. What will your legacy be after we’re through this?

An insightful discussion with Dr. Graham Taylor about EMDR, its origins, what eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is, the research into how it works,  and its effectiveness as a potential treatment for patients who have experienced trauma events.

In part one of this series, Dr. Graham Taylor and Dr. Lawrie Ignacio discuss COVID-19 and the developing psychological awareness around this pandemic. Together they explore the topics of acceptance to provide information, explain what we’re all going through emotionally and behaviorally, and how to effectively navigate our emotional understanding in order to act with more intention and focus on things we can control.

A conversation around the topic of telehealth / telemental health. Therapy conducted remotely via the internet typically through video conferencing. Psychologist Dr. Graham Taylor discusses the increasing use of telemental health to assist behavioral health patients.

In this weeks episode Dr. Graham Taylor and Natalie Liberman, MSW, LCSW; M.A, LMFT, talk about resilience and crisis management as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The connection of body and mind. Psychologist Dr. Graham Taylor discusses the biology, psychology, behavioral components, and the social factors all coming together to influence health and our 'realness processes'.