March 12th, 2020 Dear Valued Three Oak’s Partner, We are writing this message to you in light of the recent Declaration of the State of Emergency in North Carolina due to COVID-19 and concerns which have been voiced and heard by our team. Your health and wellbeing, as well as that of our treatment team, […]

by Sara E. Crow, MEd, LCMHC, NCC Hi everyone! I’m Sara Crow and I am a therapist with Three Oaks Behavioral Health & Wellness. One of my specialty areas of focus is maternal mental health which includes pregnancy and postpartum support. I’m going to share a bit of information about mental health related challenges that […]

by Casie Hall, CRC, LCMHC, LCAS To start, an aside: I could expand (complete with drawings, analogies, metaphors, video, demos, etc.) on every element of this skill, however, that most certainly would not be basic, would it? 🙂 See below for the bare-bones version of the PLEASE skill. It’s an introduction to the skill and […]

by Natalie Parmenter, MS, LCMHC The internet is amazing. It has revolutionized the way that we live, work, communicate, and stay connected. We are able to pay bills, manage bank accounts, take classes, video chat, and get quick answers to those pesky questions we think of at inconvenient times. The opposing force of convenience however, […]

by Ally Fischman, MS, LCMHC, NCC “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place […]

by Chris Burner, LCSWA, MDIV, SEP Introduction The word “transgender” is used to describe persons whose gender identification differs from the sex assigned to them at birth. This term includes individuals assigned male at birth who identify as female, individuals who are assigned female at birth and identify as male, and also individuals who describe […]