At Valenta we support individuals in their mental health recovery. Empowering our youth to reach out and seek the required support is an important first step. The following article talks about the drastic increase in teenage girls who are experiencing depression and anxiety amid pressures due to social media. Psychological distress worsened between 2005 and […]
At Valenta we support individuals in their mental health recovery. Empowering our youth to reach out and seek the required support is an important first step. The following article and poll talks about why parents may not be taking their children’s mental health as serious as they should, and how parents can be more aware […]
3 Mental Disorder Myths We Need To Stop Using Look left, look right, look in front of you, look behind you, and look in the mirror. One of you is affected by a mental health condition. Each year millions of Americans are facing the reality of a mental disorder of different nature and severity. May […]
Are you a High School or College Student experiencing depression, social and test anxiety, stress, lack of focus and motivation? Valenta is offering a six week intensive outpatient Summer Healthy Student Program to help you increase your awareness and develop insight and knowledge of emotional and behavioral patterns. The program is designed to teach you skills […]
A beautiful message from one of our patients…. “Valenta is a rare treatment center. They don’t just treat symptoms of the eating disorder; they do intensive searching for the root of the unhealthy behavior. Not only did I work on my disorder, but I worked on my perfectionism, my family life, my double standards that […]
Valenta is pleased to offer an intensive summer program designed to help students and young adults increase their awareness of emotional, thought, and behavioral patterns that contribute to success. Summer is a great time without school stressors to focus on yourself and learn skills which help you thrive as a young adult. You decide – we provide […]
How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reduces Depression Forward by: Katie Keck, LMFT, Valenta, Inc. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1 in 8 adults in America while only 30% of the individuals suffering from MDD seek and receive treatment. These statistics display there are factors such as; stigma towards mental health, […]
“Orthorexia” is a term that is being applied to a subset of eating disordered behaviors. It often begins with innocent intentions…to eat more healthfully. However, the desire to eat more healthfully transforms into a pattern of rigid eating and obsessive thoughts about food choices, and eventually can even negatively impact health, both mentally and physically. […]
Valenta would like to thank all the teen volunteers who helped make the 4th Annual Denim Day a success. Denim Day is a campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rape and sexual assault. Project Sister Family Services (PSFS) is a community based organization providing sexual assault crisis and prevention services in the […]
There is no single cause of body dissatisfaction or disordered eating. But, research is increasingly clear that media does indeed contribute and that exposure to and pressure exerted by media increase body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Numerous correlations and experimental studies have linked exposure to the thin ideal in mass media to body dissatisfaction, internalization […]