Mental Wellness – Basic Steps Mental Health

Kissing the Boo Boo – Self Help

Scott Alpert — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 02:57:32 +0000

The aim of this organization is to teach people the skills to help themselves. At Basic Steps Mental Health, we understand that we cannot fix anybody, that that isn’t our job, the real fixing comes from each person. However, without the proper tools and mindset, any tools learned will fail. In the book “Self Helping” […]

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Let Go of Being Right for a Change – The Illusion

Scott Alpert — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:07:40 +0000

I recently read the book Buddhism 101 by the Dalai Lama and noticed a lot of similarities with psychology. What struck me was their belief that everything in life is just an illusion. Something happens, it goes through our filter, and we make it either good or bad. Therefore, fine-tuning our filter to how the […]

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Self Help Tool | Free-Form Writing

Scott Alpert — Tue, 25 May 2021 22:10:23 +0000

Do people heal? This question was asked of me when I started working at a luxury treatment facility in Malibu. The nighttime supervisor only saw warehousing of clients and no recovery up to that point. My reply was, “Just watch.” Unfortunately, my clients were healing too quickly and this didn’t fit my boss’s treatment philosophy, […]

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Open Topic Workshop

Scott Alpert — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 23:55:22 +0000

On May 1st, 2021 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 PM we are going to conduct an open discussion on the problems that confront you. Learn some innovative techniques, get some things off your chest, and get support from others that are on the call. This is a departure from the normal format Basic Steps Mental […]

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Helping the Suicidal

Scott Alpert — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:03:51 +0000

Suicide. Not a pleasant subject but working in the Crisis field ten years ago and treating thousands that were suicidal makes me some kind of an expert, I guess. The facts are that if we don’t get a handle on depression, it can take you out. As a supervisor of interns, it is my job […]

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Mental Health Tune-Up Workshop

BasicStepsAdmin — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:00:37 +0000

Basic Steps Mental Health is conducting another Zoom Meeting to help people get through the difficulties in their life through self-help tools. One in five people have problems that warrant serious treatment of which many cannot afford. We continue our series of free workshops to help people in our community learn self-help methods to counsel […]

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Moving to the New Office – The Saga

Scott Alpert — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:43:20 +0000

Blurry eyed, I am writing an account of what went down during our move to Everett Washington over the holiday season. I forgot how difficult moves can be – if difficult can come close to describing it. Why the Move Our expensive lease was up and what started out as an adventure to downsize and […]

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Active Recovery

Scott Alpert — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:07:28 +0000

When I began my career in 12 Step Recovery a whole new world opened to me. It was what I liked, being around a lot of people, people opening up and talking about their difficulties, and others lending support. The 12 Steps were new to me because my recovery was basically white-knuckling it and praying […]

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Depression Treatment Workshop

Scott Alpert — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:48:50 +0000

Basic Steps Mental Health is conducting another Zoom Meeting to help people get through the difficulties in their life through self-help tools. A little knowledge can go a long way, a lot of knowledge can help you thrive. Our program teaches people the Spiritual Psychology approach. No, it is not some voodoo, but a clinical […]

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Stretching Your Comfort Zone

Scott Alpert — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:30:13 +0000

With the pandemic continuing and people basically sequestered at home, it is easy to get into repetitive habits that can be hard to break. After months of doing the same patterns, doing something different, to shake up the routine, can be difficult, but is an important part of maintaining good mental health. However, this takes […]

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