Kerry E. Miller, LCSW, APRN, PMHNP

09/24/2020

Instead of taking a sleeping pill, how about wrapping yourself in a blanket that feels like a warm hug?

A Randomized, controlled trial in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine finds that weighted blankets are safe and effective.

09/24/2020

All of this!

03/21/2020

Making the transition to telehealth might feel a little bumpy at first. Hang in there.

08/28/2019

This column in the Times addresses a lot of the concerns people voice about the Health at Every Size movement, which is grounded in a social justice framework.

Super important point: “Not all families have access to fresh food or safe places for physical activity, let alone nature. Health-promoting behaviors are likely to be different for kids in low-income households than for those in higher-income homes. This is just one of many reasons health isn’t exclusively a matter of individual responsibility and why, to truly support public health, we need to address social determinants like income inequality, and racial and gender discrimination, which help keep people trapped in poverty.”

A dietitian offers children and their parents a way to avoid the pitfalls of a weight-centric paradigm.

08/24/2019

Interesting study testing out a relatively simple intervention — keeping a worry diary — to disprove what your anxious brain wants you to believe (that your anxious thoughts are keeping you safe). Turns out: anxious brains suck at predicting the future, which makes for lots of false alarms!

Theories of cognitive therapy have long proposed that those with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have inaccurate expectations. By challenging them …

08/17/2019

“What feedback offers is an opportunity for realness and deeper intimacy with one’s therapist. When this happens, patients can feel seen and heard, which can be a turning point in treatment, as well as in life.” (Yes, yes, yes!)

We often think of psychotherapists as “all-knowing,” which can make patients feel that complaining about the therapy or the therapist is not allowed.