What to expect from therapy, and how to get the most out of it

May 19, 2020 | Living Well

  We’ve all seen how therapy is portrayed in movies: you’re laying down on a big comfy couch, staring at the ceiling, while your therapist repeatedly asks, “and how does that make you feel?” While the couch sounds nice, the rest is an inaccurate portrayal of therapy....

4 mental health tools worth trying

May 3, 2020 | Toolkit

Time has seemed a little wonky in 2020. Days move slowly at home, but months seem to disappear. But one month that’s extra special to us at Sanvello is May. Why? Because May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s been a tough year for everyone, and we wanted to...

Eating disorders are just about diet—and other myths worth correcting

Feb 25, 2020 | The Science of You

  Pop culture often struggles to capture the realities of mental health conditions, but few are more wildly mischaracterized than eating disorders. The media portrayal is often of a young woman who wants to be skinnier and just needs to “eat more,” but this is...

4 signs you need a mental health day (and how to spend it)

Feb 10, 2020 | Living Well

  If you come down with the flu or a bad cold, you probably feel perfectly OK with staying home from work or school. When you have a fever, runny nose, or terrible cough, your symptoms are visible to everyone and that’s what your “sick days” are for…right?...

4 things that belong in your mental health emergency kit

Jan 30, 2020 | Toolkit

  Most of us have an emergency first aid kit for minor cuts, scrapes, and burns. Immediate treatment of small injuries can prevent them from getting infected and turning into larger injuries, and maybe even save us a trip to the ER. Equally as important to have...