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Did you know that Alaska Behavioral Health provides primary care services at our clinics in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Wasilla? Offering primary care within our behavioral health-focused clinics allows for close collaboration between psychiatric care, primary care and therapy to offer truly integrated, whole-person care. On a very practical

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Peer support specialists are vital members of the mental health and substance use recovery system, offering a unique and powerful form of support based on their own lived experiences. They are individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges, a history of trauma, substance use, or family members of individuals experiencing any

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Using Intention to Craft Meaningful Change Understanding the Difference: Resolutions vs. IntentionsWhy Intentions Lead to Lasting ChangeResolutions have a high failure rateWhy do resolutions fail so spectacularly?Crafting Your Intentions: A Step-by-Step ApproachChoose a guiding “word of the year.”Use present tense language.Reflective

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Finding Peace in What You Can Control: Using the Circle of Control to Manage Anxiety We've all been there—lying awake at 2 AM, mind racing through an endless loop of what-ifs. What if I mess up that presentation? What if they think I'm incompetent? What if everything falls apart? Your heart pounds, your shoulders tense, and suddenly you're

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We’ve all been there: we feel slighted by an incident at work or someone says something hurtful at a family gathering. Then we replay the moment in our heads, over and over – and resentment builds up.  But here's what most of us don't realize: holding on to that anger isn't punishing them. It's punishing you. The science is clear:

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