Navigating mental health care can be challenging, especially when it involves coordinating with multiple healthcare providers, understanding treatment options, and ensuring your needs are heard. Self-advocacy—the ability to speak up for your needs and preferences—is an empowering skill that can make a significant difference in your mental health journey. Here are some practical strategies for communicating effectively with healthcare providers, and ways therapy can help you become a confident advocate for your mental health.

"If you're depressed or anxious, you're not weak and you're not crazy - you're a human being with unmet needs,"

Learning how to sit with these various emotions can be challenging, especially when they are unwanted. But by shifting how we understand and relate to these emotions, we can be less affected by them.