Using empowering language builds an inclusive and welcoming space. It supports healing previous traumas and addresses the systematic oppression that violent language perpetuates. Other than the ...

Using person-centered language, for instance, doesn’t really help when you’re stereotyping someone or describing your antidepressants as crazy pills. A focus on changes to language also raises the ...

When I advised the staff that among other changes in the 2017 Associated Press Stylebook was a preference to avoid words like “alcoholic” and “addict,” and use constructions such as “people with ...

Language matters, especially when it comes time to mental health and addiction. Fortunately, how we view mental health and addiction has improved dramatically over the past few decades, and even in ...

Person-centered therapy is a type of psychotherapy that helps people take responsibility for their lives and solve problems on their own. Person-centered therapy was founded by Carl Rogers in the ...

I don’t remember when I first learned about mental health. Most mornings as a kid, my dad and I brushed our teeth together in the bathroom. And most mornings, I watched my dad take two pills from a ...