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Why mental health is not always in your head
Without exception, we all are guilty to some extent of advocating for the methods and ideologies that we individually have expertise in and consequently believe in. However, as a mental health practitioner, the burden falls on me to ensure that I am advocating for my patient, remaining vigilantly open-minded and humble enough to consider that the symptoms of my patient’s illnesses or troubles could be caused by things outside of the realm of my specific training.