Basic Steps Mental Health

Relationships take work and if you don’t know the proper skills, it can be easy to fall into the usual pitfalls that I have fallen into so many times in my life. I guess through all my mistakes I am well aware of the most common mistakes people make. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/dgrMH5bk #relationships #relationshipmistakes #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #love #joy #drscottalpert #basicstepsmh

It finally happened, Basic Steps Mental Health now has a waiting list. All I can say is that I am honored by your testimonies and your recommending us to family and friends. Because of this, the way that we have been providing time during the sessions will need to change. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/gMb9T72Z #giveandtake #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #therapy #therapyworks #love #joy #drscottalpert #basicstepsmh

With a heavy heart, one of my staff members is leaving the nest and moving to Florida with her family in a few days. We have been together for six years and after supervising her during her college years and while she was working to obtain her counseling license we had grown very close. I am well aware of the fact that people enter and leave our lives, but that doesn’t prepare you for the emotional loss. Read More HERE: https://lnkd.in/gbf8ieFa #farewell #memories #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #therapy #therapyworks #love #joy #drscottalpert #basicstepsmh

They gave us an assignment in graduate school to create our own healing strategy. At the time I didn’t take it very seriously and came up with something cute to impress all the ladies. Well, that was 25 years ago, and from that moment I’ve asked myself the same question, what is the best strategy for a person to heal? Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/gaBmfBTB #healing #selfhealing #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #therapy #drscottalpert #basicstepsmh

In 2012 as the world worried about extinction, I took a gamble. Since my ten-year relationship just ended, I wanted to get out of Los Angeles and explore my horizons. Ultimately I took up an offer to open up a Residential Treatment Facility 1,000 miles away. Moving from my family, friends, and steady job was a gamble, but I decided to roll the dice and hoped it didn’t come up snake eyes. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/g2KpaH3R #memories #therapist #career #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps

12 years ago I moved up to this area to open up a residential treatment facility unlike any other. No, not another 12-step facility, mine was using clinical psychology with a smattering of spirituality which had incredible success at the first Mental Health Urgent Care Center in the country. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/g39avjfp #therapy #therapist #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps

Last week my father-in-law passed away. The tricky thing was he lived 30 miles away from the nearest neighbor, just north of Joshua Tree National Forest in California, and all by himself. Peter was a young 82-year-old, who walked 5 miles a day but had a problem with smoking.  Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/gRGK8wj8 #memories #therapist #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps

For 11 years I worked at the first-ever, mental health urgent care center in the country. I was fresh out of graduate school with a crisp new, Doctoral degree, and trying to prove myself. This was the first facility of its kind, established to take pressure off of the local jails and emergency rooms and we had no clue what was going to enter our unit. My friend Patrick, who graduated with me, recommended we try this, so I nervously accepted the challenge. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/gQtHiqtE #memories #therapist #career #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps

There are some interesting experiences as a therapist, which have aided me in being the best therapist I can be. When life and death situations presented themselves in my practice, I wasn’t that prepared to deal with them. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/gf_F8F-z #memories #therapist #career #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps

In graduate school, we were shown how to map out everything we wanted to happen through visualization and affirmation. The premise was, that if you can visualize it taking place, you can attract it into your life. For years I created these “Ideal Scenes” and in doing so I attracted the best mate, sold my condominium to the highest bidder in record time, and instead of creating a business plan, I created a series of Ideal Scenes for every area in my very first business. Read Dr. Scott's Insights HERE: https://lnkd.in/dHBFyJQx #memories #therapist #career #therapyworks #pyschology #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #hope #innerpeace #joy #drscottalpert #basicsteps