Happy New Year! Here at Rivia Mind, we’re excited to provide you with another year of compassionate and accessible mental healthcare, as well as excited about the opportunities for collaboration within the mental health community. Let’s dive into what we’ve been up to this January.
National Codependency Month & National Self-Love Month
January is both National Codependency Month. Codependency, sometimes called “relationship addiction,” refers to a condition in which you dedicate yourself so fully to another person that your self-love becomes dependent on them.
It’s okay to need or rely on others and to be interdependent. Codependency, on the other hand, can cause undue stress or anxiety at the fear of losing the relationship that is so central to your identity. You can learn more in our blog, Breaking Free From Codependency.
So it makes sense that January is also National Self-Love Month. By loving yourself more, you set healthier boundaries and gain a stronger sense of your own identity. Self-love is crucial to good mental health, but it can also be difficult to achieve, especially for those who have suffered invalidation or trauma in the past. Our skilled and compassionate clinicians are here to help you on your path towards self-love.
How Self-Compassionate Are You?
Speaking of self-love, Rivia Mind has posted a personality quiz: How Self-Compassionate Are You? It’s just thirteen questions, intended to help you get a better understanding of the way that you view and treat yourself. Please note that this quiz is not meant to be a replacement for an actual mental health diagnosis or mental health treatment. It is, however, a great way to spark discussion with your therapist about the way you see yourself and how to be more compassionate with yourself overall.
Welcoming New COO and New Team Members!
This month, we welcome Lindsey Sussman, Rivia Mind’s new Chief Operating Officer! Lindsey will help to make our operations process more streamlined and collaborative so Rivia Mind can do what we do best: provide high quality mental healthcare to our patients. We’re thrilled to have Lindsey as part of our Rivia Mind community, and we know that her leadership over the operations team will help bring Rivia Mind to new heights.
But it’s not just Lindsey that we have to welcome to our team this month. The Rivia Mind team has expanded with five new skilled and compassionate providers:
- Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baylor, PMHNP-BC – Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Carrie Hunter, LMSW – Therapist
- Jessica Matthews, LCSW – Therapist
- Dana Reszutek, LMSW – Therapist
- Ruiy Shah, PMHNP-BC – Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
We look forward to working with every new member of our team. The work they do is what makes Rivia Mind who we are! And if you want to join the Rivia Mind team, we still have several job openings in psychiatry, psychology, and operations. Many are remote! Check out our careers page to learn more.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Baylor, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Carrie Hunter, LMSW
Therapist
Therapist
Therapist
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
New Open Enrollment for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Group
If you’ve been interested in joining our DBT program, now is the time! We have new availability for a DBT group that will be held every Thursday at 12pm from February 1 through May 16th. In this group, you will learn to accept your reality and behaviors, while discovering what triggers maladaptive “trigger behaviors” and creating a plan for alternative rebellion. DBT is often used to help with emotion regulation and a reduction of self-destructive behaviors.
Clinician Spotlight: Marsha Charlton, PMHNP-BC
Last month, we posted a clinician spotlight for Marsha Charlton, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with Rivia Mind. Marsha is certified in Family Medicine and Psychiatry, and specializes in a long list of conditions including: addiction, anxiety, ADHD, depression, grief and loss, PTSD, substance misuse, and trauma. She is especially passionate about offering accessible healthcare to diverse communities who often do not receive the same standard of treatment.
In her interview, she explained her decision to advocate for a high quality of healthcare among BIPOC communities by saying, “As a person of color who has navigated the healthcare system as a patient, I recognized a substantial gap in access to care for vulnerable and underserved communities, especially those of African and Caribbean descent.”
We appreciate everything Marsha does for her patients and for Rivia Mind as a whole!
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