E M E R G E N C Y
Georgia Crisis & Access Line: 1-800-715-4225
National Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255
Crisis text line: 741-741
C O N T A C T
M-F | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Phone: (706) 279-0405
Email: info@gahope.org
Text: 706-847-4871
Fax: (706) 279-4190
D A L T O N
Dalton: 1414 Dug Gap Road
Dalton, GA 30720
Mail: PO Box 863
Dalton, GA 30722
W O O D S T O C K
104 Springfield Center Dr Woodstock, GA 30188
July 2022 Staff Spotlight
Blog PostNori-Lynn Truscott What is your role at HCA+Georgia HOPE? I work as a therapist and group facilitator as part of the Accountability Court team. I also provide therapy services for a few adult DFCS clients. Tell us what led you to HCA+GH? When I first moved to Georgia in 2018 I posted on a Georgia […]
Categories of Self-Care
Blog Post, Mental Health, Mental Health Group, Online Therapy, Personal, Prenatal and Postpartum, Recovery, WellnessSelf-care is a wonderful way to promote mental wellness and a healthier relationship with oneself. Self-care can mean many different things, and may look different for everyone. There are eight different categories of self-care: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, personal, environmental, financial, and work/school/caregiving. (Willowstone.org, 2022) Examples of each category of self-care include: Physical -sleep or […]
Raising Awareness of Stigma for Minority Mental Health Treatment
Blog Post, Mental Health, Mental Health Group, Online Therapy, WellnessJuly is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. This aims to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minorities communities face in regards to mental health in the United States. Some of these struggles include: less access to higher-level mental health care, discrimination/racism, more vulnerability to being uninsured, less access to culturally […]
Differences in Minority Mental Health
Blog Post, Mental Health, Mental Health Group, Online Therapy, WellnessRacial/ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple factors including: inaccessibility of high-quality mental health care, cultural stigma surrounding mental health care, discrimination, and lack of awareness on mental health. (American Psychiatric Association, 2022) Additional barriers for minorities include: -Different cultural perceptions about mental illness and well-being -Racism […]
Creating and Maintaining Attachment
Blog Post, Mental Health, Mental Health Group, Online Therapy, Parenting TipsHow we approach relationships as adults has much to do with what our childhood relationships looked like with parents, or primary caregivers. According to the Attachment Theory by John Bowlby, there are four attachment styles: secure, avoidant, anxious, and anxious-avoidant with the secure attachment style being the healthiest and, typically, most successful. Signs of a […]