From the Practice

Resources & Clinical Writing

Clinical writing from the licensed psychologists of Ballast Behavioral Health Group, for the people who carry real responsibility: healthcare professionals, leaders, caregivers, and anyone who wants a more accurate understanding of their own mind. Written for people, not for journals.

These articles are educational. They are not assessment, diagnosis, or a substitute for care, and each one lists its clinical review status.

Anxiety, panic, and performance

When worry, panic, or the fear of being watched has started to shape what you avoid.

Anxiety Therapy in Memphis

What evidence-based anxiety treatment actually involves, including ACT, CBT, and exposure-based work for generalized anxiety, panic, and phobias.

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Performance Anxiety Therapy in Memphis

For athletes, performers, and professionals whose work depends on performing under pressure, and for whom the stakes are not abstract.

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Grief and loss

Grief is not a problem to be solved, and it does not keep a schedule. These two pieces take it seriously.

Grief and Loss Therapy in Memphis

Non-pathologizing care for the loss of a person, a role, a body, a relationship, or a beloved animal, including the losses other people do not recognize.

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Pet Loss Support in Memphis

Why the grief of losing an animal deserves the same clinical seriousness as any other loss, with support for veterinary professionals as well.

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Careers that carry weight

For people whose work is to hold other people's pain, decisions, and fear.

Therapy for Healthcare Professionals

Confidential care for physicians, nurses, and fellow clinicians, including the barriers that keep them out of care and what actually breaks through them.

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