MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH - Part 2
Breaking the Stigma of Therapy
What is Mental Health?
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration established “Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and to celebrate recovery from mental illness.” (SAMHSA website)
Mental health affects how we handle stress, think, act, and make choices. One’s mental health is important at all stages of life - from early childhood to older adult. We face different challenges at each life stage.
Therapy
Mental Health impacts us all - emotionally, socially and psychologically. Therapy addresses all of these areas. For many, therapy is a vulnerable experience. As therapists, we work to break down the stigma of seeking treatment.
Entering therapy can be intimidating and many individuals feel afraid of the process. Most clients enter treatment at a time of crisis in their lives, however, the ultimate goal is for clients to enter therapy before a crisis has occurred. Mental health awareness month is the perfect opportunity to continue to break down the stigma of therapy.
Therapists work with their clients to teach them how to build a foundation of healthy coping skills. When clients are discharged from care, they are ready to use these skills for a lifetime. Using our voice to normalize therapy, we hope more individuals will feel comfortable seeking treatment and ultimately feel better.
At Martin Wellness Group, we treat each client as an individual. We match all clients with the perfect provider to help them reach their goals. Interested in learning more about the process of therapy and/or finding the right provider? Learn more here!
About Samantha Martin, LICSW
Samantha Martin completed her BS in psychology from Endicott College in 2010 then went on to receive her Masters in Social Work from Simmons College in 2013. Samantha’s extensive background includes; being an individual therapist at an outpatient clinic in Boston, MA before serving as the executive director overseeing 200 plus clients. Prior to opening Martin Wellness Group Samantha worked as an individual therapist in a private group practice. Samantha is based out of the seacoast of New Hampshire and offers Teletherapy services to clients who are in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
As an LICSW Samantha provides teletherapy counseling that fosters the process of healing and coping with life’s challenges. Samantha specializes in working with adults, couples and adolescents struggling with anxiety, life adjustment disorders, infertility, PPA, PPD, and depression. She helps clients learn to identify coping skills and how to manage emotions.
Samantha uses an eclectic treatment style that incorporates psychodynamic therapy, motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Samantha believes no two people are alike and will adapt to the individual needs of her client; she works together with her client to determine the best treatment plan.