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Gottman Method Couples Therapy training
Continuing Ed.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy training

Ahhh the Gottmans. Almost a household name even for people who don't work in the mental health field! For decades,...
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Psychosis in the veins
Research

Psychosis in the veins

Blood tests are becoming more advanced in the mental health world, with a new test coming out later this year...
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Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions
Research

Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions

Why we have emotions at all is an age-old question. But why people manage emotions in certain ways and the...
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Help clients learn how to stop ruminating.
Continuing Ed.

Help clients learn how to stop ruminating.

Ever want to pull a Jason Segel in "Shrinking" and simply command clients to "Just stop ruminating!". (Great show, by...
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Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.
Research

Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.

As we age, do we get wiser and less reactive? Does anxiety decrease with age? Who can remember their parents...
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Mental health app privacy policy: Not like ethics training
Policy Tech

Mental health app privacy policy: Not like ethics training

The emergence of online mental health apps and telehealth platforms has an upside. It provides more access to services for...
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Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features
Research

Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features

Bipolar psychosis can be a lot for anyone to deal with. It can also be challenging for the clinician to...
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Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.
Research

Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.

We all want to be experience happiness as much as possible. Clients especially want that, but often find it elusive....
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Research Findings

Psychosis in the veins
Research

Psychosis in the veins

Blood tests are becoming more advanced in the mental health world, with a new test coming out later this year...
Read More
Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions
Research

Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions

Why we have emotions at all is an age-old question. But why people manage emotions in certain ways and the...
Read More
Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.
Research

Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.

As we age, do we get wiser and less reactive? Does anxiety decrease with age? Who can remember their parents...
Read More
Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features
Research

Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features

Bipolar psychosis can be a lot for anyone to deal with. It can also be challenging for the clinician to...
Read More
Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.
Research

Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.

We all want to be experience happiness as much as possible. Clients especially want that, but often find it elusive....
Read More
Bipolar I and II: Can therapy really help?
Research

Bipolar I and II: Can therapy really help?

Medication management is vital to the treatment of bipolar, but does therapy have an impact on symptoms? With a myriad...
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Behavioral activation: Literal and figurative movement.
Continuing Ed. Research

Behavioral activation: Literal and figurative movement.

We've all heard the maxim "just do what you love". But that's often easier said than done. Especially for so...
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New AI / virtual reality therapy comes to Apple Vision Pro
Research Tech

New AI / virtual reality therapy comes to Apple Vision Pro

Wait, which episode of Black Mirror are we in now? No, this isn't science fiction. It's now just science. A...
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bridge brings you easily-digestible information on new promising and seminal mental health research as well as news impacting our field. More info where that came from!

Continuing Education and Trainings (CEs)

Gottman Method Couples Therapy training
Continuing Ed.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy training

Ahhh the Gottmans. Almost a household name even for people who don't work in the mental health field! For decades,...
Read More
Help clients learn how to stop ruminating.
Continuing Ed.

Help clients learn how to stop ruminating.

Ever want to pull a Jason Segel in "Shrinking" and simply command clients to "Just stop ruminating!". (Great show, by...
Read More
Behavioral activation: Literal and figurative movement.
Continuing Ed. Research

Behavioral activation: Literal and figurative movement.

We've all heard the maxim "just do what you love". But that's often easier said than done. Especially for so...
Read More
PTSD and the brain: Train in the latest
Continuing Ed.

PTSD and the brain: Train in the latest

There has been an increasing interest in understanding how PTSD affects the brain (and vice versa). Ideas like the body...
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Impacts of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)
Continuing Ed. Research

Impacts of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT)

Borderline personality disorder can be very hard to treat, but don't worry, Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) has your back. MBT...
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Our best OCD treatment: Training is out there!
Continuing Ed. Research

Our best OCD treatment: Training is out there!

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be extremely difficult for those who experience it. The best OCD treatment options to help...
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There are so many continuing ed (CE) trainings out there! bridge sifts out the well-established CE trainings so you can make the best of the your time to better serve your clients. See all here!

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Clinician Tools

Books and Resources

bridge provides the best in resources: from research-based treatment texts for therapists,
to skills workbooks for your clients, to everything in between.

Medication Information

What the heck is that med for?? How do SSRIs and other psychiatric medications work? bridge provides digestible info on what psychiatric medications treat and the theory behind each class of medications. Because who has time to go back to med school?

Diagnoses and Codes

DSM or ICD codes?? bridge has you covered! Our interactive table allows you to look
up the codes or diagnosis name you need.

Assessments

bridge provides a list of free open-sourced and validated assessment measures. That way, you can get an objective understanding of new clients or how things are going so far in therapy along with your client’s valuable self-report.

Tech and Policy

Mental health app privacy policy: Not like ethics training
Policy Tech

Mental health app privacy policy: Not like ethics training

The emergence of online mental health apps and telehealth platforms has an upside. It provides more access to services for...
Read More
New AI / virtual reality therapy comes to Apple Vision Pro
Research Tech

New AI / virtual reality therapy comes to Apple Vision Pro

Wait, which episode of Black Mirror are we in now? No, this isn't science fiction. It's now just science. A...
Read More
Kratom: What clinicians should know
Policy Research

Kratom: What clinicians should know

So.... Does anyone actually know what kratom does? Kratom is an herbal substance from Southeast Asia that has both stimulant...
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From new telehealth apps to AI for helping certain conditions to new laws passed regarding practice standards, bridge has news on tech and policy in mental health! See more here!


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