How do I cope with voices that will not go away?
While there are medications that help reduce voices or what doctors call auditory hallucinations, these medicines don’t always take voices away. Many people continue to hear voices even though they are on appropriate medication.
What Good Is Meditation
Mediation is a practice of deep breathing and relaxation that helps to control anxiety, reduces stress, increases awareness of the moment and promotes feelings of well-being.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Someone that gets hit in the head, or has their head jolted or penetrated by an object can suffer what is called Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.
Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Interventions refer to a diverse group of activities that involve guided interactions between humans and trained therapy animals. Often called "pet therapy", this service is provided in a variety of settings, like hospitals, schools, nursing facilities, and libraries.
Do you have a lot of clutter?
Having clutter often comes from not being able to let go of things. Sometimes the clutter takes up so much room there is no where to sit or to eat. Have you ever wondered if this is a problem for you?
Token Economy and Behavioral Health
A token economy is a system used usually in residential communities to help residents develop routines of health behaviors.
Snow Storm Preparedness
Amber Lantern had quite the month in February as historic winter storms came through Texas.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis?
Cognitive Behavior Therapy is an evidence-based practice to help individuals with psychosis examine evidence for their beliefs.
What Is Bipolar Disorder?
Biplolar Disorder is a behavior health condition characterized by depression or sadness at times and by mania or excitability at others. Times of depression are called depressive episodes and times of mania are called manic episodes.
CAT Therapy Basics
Sometimes people with behavioral health challenges have trouble paying attention, remembering important information, planning in a step-by-step fashion, or getting motivated to do something. One evidence-based treatment that has been developed to address these problems is called Cognitive Adaptation Training or CAT developed by Velligan and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Dr. Velligan Explains: Schizophrenia
Amber Lantern’s Chief Advisor explains this often miss-understood condition.
Employee Training
All Amber Lantern team members take part in a series of trainings covering best practices and techniques that promote mental health recovery and resident safety.
Working for Amber Lantern
Amber Lantern is defined by our team of professional caregivers and mental health experts. We are committed to hiring experienced employees and supporting them with all of the resources that they need to do their jobs exceptionally well.
Welcome to our new website
Amber Lantern is dedicated to supporting the individual recovery goals of our residents who are living with serious mental illness. Backed by a highly experienced team we can help you or your family member live a more fulfilling and independent life.