OTB | Ep 7 | When More Care is Needed | Guest: Dr. Nicole Siegfried at Lightfully Behavioral Health
Over the Binary (OTB), Ep. 7
When weekly therapy isn’t enough and an increased level of care is recommended, GWLA works with experts like those at Lightfully Behavioral Health to make sure that clients receive appropriate treatment.
When weekly therapy isn’t enough and an increased level of care is recommended, GWLA works with experts like those at Lightfully Behavioral Health to make sure that clients receive appropriate treatment.
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In most cases, the mental health care that Gender Wellness of Los Angeles provides to gender expansive individuals and their families is sufficient in addressing behavioral health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and social difficulties that often accompany the trans / non-binary person’s journey at a given point in time. However, there are cases when the severity of emotion, and the resulting behaviors, are so intense that more care is needed. Suicidality and incidents of self-harm, for example, are all too common within the transgender and non-binary population — among adolescents and adults.
In Episode 7 of Over the Binary (OTB), hosts Casey Weitzman, MA, LMFT and Grace O’Connor, MA, LMFT welcome Dr. Nicole Siegfried, the Chief Clinical Officer for Lightfully Behavioral Health. Lightfully provides process-based therapy via residential treatment, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and virtual services — when more care is needed. Nearly one-third of Lightfully’s clients identify as LGBTQ.
Dr. Nicole Siegfried is a licensed clinical psychologist and also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Nicole has worked in mental health for over 20 years and has served in national leadership positions for the past 10 years. She is an international speaker and has published research, magazine articles, and book chapters in eating disorders, mental health, and suicide. Nicole believes that recovery is possible for all individuals with mental health disorders, and that all individuals are capable and deserving of a life worth living.
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