Showing posts with label excellence in psychiatric care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label excellence in psychiatric care. Show all posts

2/22/2013

Looking Beyond the Illness and Into the Heart of the Patient

By: Peggy Cunningham, NCC, LPC
“Real success is finding your lifework in the work you love.” - David McCullough
I often marvel at how lucky I am to be able to come to work every day, being in the place I want to be, and doing the thing that I love to do.  I feel passionate about working in the behavioral health field and providing the best care we can to those who seek our assistance.  I also am glad to see the progress we have made in destigmatizing mental illness.  There was a recent commercial on TV where several celebrities are seen with family members or friends with an identifiable mental illness.  The message “These are real people with real feelings with real lives’ and people who love them.”