Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

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  • Free Mental Health Help for Vets

    Give an Hour connects vets with therapists who donate time each week. A collection of profiles of the organization is linked here.  The mission is simple: GAH is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of the troops and families affected by the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We provide counseling to individuals, couples and families,…

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  • Embedded Therapists

    Another for Memorial Day:  Embedded therapists protect National Guard members’ mental health. “Some of the best conversations I have with them are at one in the morning in a Humvee during a training exercise”…The soldiers want to talk about everything, from the trauma they suffered in losing friends to family, job, finances and other post-deployment…

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  • Virtual Reality v. PTSD

    For Memorial Day, some progress amidst the generally sobering veteran’s mental health news: Exposure therapy using virtual reality appears to be more effective for alleviating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than traditional treatment among members of the military who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, researchers said here. Here, a longer, older New Yorker…

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  • The Wait for Happiness

      From telegraph.co.uk: Happiness begins at 50 claims new research. Variables such as having young children, being unemployed, or being single did not affect age-related patterns of well being.  The research showed that levels of stress, worry and anger all dropped significantly in the fifties and levels of happiness and enjoyment increased. Rather listen than…

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  • Mind in the Making

    In U.S. News: A brief interview with author Ellen Galinsky. Her new book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs, includes hundreds of simple ways that parents can use games and activities to promote the development of life skills in children. What are the seven skills?  Here’s her list: Focus and…

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