Depression and Anxiety Among Teenage Girls Soars Amid Pressures From Social Media

At Valenta we support individuals in their mental health recovery.  Empowering our youth to reach out and seek the required support is an important first step.  The following article talks about the drastic increase in teenage girls who are experiencing depression and anxiety amid pressures due to social media. Psychological distress worsened between 2005 and […]

Break the Stigma

3 Mental Disorder Myths We Need To Stop Using Look left, look right, look in front of you, look behind you, and look in the mirror. One of you is affected by a mental health condition. Each year millions of Americans are facing the reality of a mental disorder of different nature and severity. May […]

Summer Healthy Student Program

Are you a High School or College Student experiencing depression, social and test anxiety, stress, lack of focus and motivation? Valenta is offering a six week intensive outpatient Summer Healthy Student Program to help you increase your awareness and develop insight and knowledge of emotional and behavioral patterns. The program is designed to teach you skills […]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Depression

How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reduces Depression Forward by: Katie Keck, LMFT, Valenta, Inc. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious psychiatric disorder affecting approximately 1 in 8 adults in America while only 30% of the individuals suffering from MDD seek and receive treatment.  These statistics display there are factors such as; stigma towards mental health, […]