Join Kenneth Perlmutter, PhD, Head of the Family Treatment Services at Mind Therapy Clinic, for a delicious lunch and clinical conversation about family systems and developmental trauma on July 12th at our Marin location.

Dr. Kenneth Perlmutter is a nationally recognized behavioral healthcare expert and educator. His family workshops have offered hope and healing to more than 3000 struggling family members, and his lectures and training sessions have been attended by hundreds of clinicians. His recent publication on developmental trauma in Wounded Families is available on Mind Therapy Blog.   

Here are several recent articles on the linkage between mental disorders and physical problems, highlighting how crucial it is to accurately diagnose and have multi-disciplinary team of medical experts involved in the treatment.

When Anxiety or Depression Masks A Medical Problem

OCD Linked To Inflammation In The Brain

Gut Bacteria Linked to Bipolar Disorder

This illustration helps to visualize, mental illness is unique for each individual.  The specific and intimate nature of this drawing reveals something essential that a list of symptoms simply cannot express.  Process through data visualization and art within a group setting or individually can be a powerful tool for communication and understanding within oneself and with others.

Each year, our clinic provides internship training opportunities for doctoral and postdoctoral candidates in clinical psychology.  The selected interns are trained by expert clinicians in specific areas of treatment such as severe mental illness, eating disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD, addiction and trauma.  

CAPIC is an association of doctoral academic programs, internships and postdoctoral programs recognized by the California Board of Psychology as a pathway to licensure to practicing clinical psychology.  We are delighted that the organization as selected us as one of their training sites.

Join us Monday evening, May 15 in the MindTherapy Clinic classroom for an experiential workshop on healing the core of addiction by Francois Benoist, founder of The Exclusive Hawaii addiction treatment center. 

For clinicians and clients.

This workshop is open to anyone suffering from addiction, an eating disorder, anxiety, or trauma, as well as mental health professionals who want to learn the tools of Experiential Engagement Therapy. 

According to an analysis by the Pew Research Center, for the first time in more than 130 years, Americans ages 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents than in any other living situation.

We are pleased to announce, that as part of our continued plan to provide exceptional mental health care to our clients, we have added a new psychiatrist to our team.

Jeffrey DeVido, MD joins our growing team of talented clinicians at Mind Therapy Clinic.  Dr. DeVido earned a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School before entering medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  He went on to complete adult psychiatry and addiction psychiatry training at Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals at Harvard Medical School.  

In addition to his work at Mind Therapy Clinic, he maintains a teaching faculty appointment at UCSF's Department of Psychiatry and continues to teach, lecture, and publish on a wide array of psychiatric conditions. 

Starting this month, Mind Therapy Clinic is offering Anxiety Group Therapy on Fridays 10:00 am.  While anxiety is a natural, normal response to threatening situations, more than 40 million US adults suffer anxiety symptoms when there's no real threat.  

In this group, Mind Therapy Clinic's  Amelia Howard-Smith will facilitate members to gain a better understanding of the thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate anxiety symptoms and build coping skills and confidence in a comfortable and safe environment.  

Sign up for Anxiety Group.
More on Amelia Howard-Smith.
About Anxiety Treatment at Mind Therapy Clinic.

Every March, Brain Awareness Week (March 13-17) unites the efforts of many organizations worldwide in celebration of the brain for people of all ages. 

We are proud to partner with the Dana Foundation this week in raising awareness for brain research and the importance of staying mentally fit and healthy.

The therapeutic meal group is part nutrition education and part culinary skills development designed around a coached meal and post-meal process group. Even as recovery progresses, many people encounter difficulties at meal time such as trying new foods, preparing their own food, and implementing skills from intuitive and mindful eating. This group intends to bridge that gap and act as a laboratory to learn about and practice new skills and discover the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that show up during meals that may be inhibiting progress in recovery.

To register for this group, contact us at info@mindtherapyclinic.com.

It is with pleasure we welcome Katherine Dittmann, MS, RDN, to Mind Therapy Clinic.  Katherine is a nutrition therapist specializing in eating behaviors and disorders, and has worked the full spectrum of eating disorder treatment for a decade.  Katherine uses a food-positive and pragmatic approach, weaving in concepts from yoga and mindfulness to help people connect with the body and eat with more ease. Katherine is a certified Mindfulness-Based Yoga Therapy for Eating Disorders teacher, certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, and former chef.   Learn More About Katherine.

We've covered single incidents of trauma exposure in our Trauma Series to date.   But, as we know other kinds of traumas can be repeated and enduring such as domestic violence, military combat, or living in a war zone.  These can have an even more pervasive effect than a single incident trauma since the mind/body may not have time to settle before the next threat occurs.   

An even more insidious form of trauma is that which occurs during the critical developmental years of a child, thought to be 0-6 yrs of age [3].  When an event in childhood is overwhelming it elicits the same survival circuit as in adults.  But for a child, an experience of overwhelm does not require the same magnitude of threat that it would take for an adult to feel overwhelmed, due to their vulnerability and lack of survival resources.