W hen we think therapy many of us picture privileged people comfortably sitting in the luxurious offices of worldly psychiatrists while mulling over their very personal existential crises. What many of us don’t regard is that mental health therapy can also be a critical step in solving some of our society’s most urgent communal crises. Drug dependency, domestic abuse, broken homes and broken families all lead us down a dark path that can damage entire communities and drag us all down into a socially regressive state of self-destructive negativity breeding ever more negativity. But for Regis House clinical therapist Ana Guerrero, effective therapy means community connection and personal face-to-face engagement that directs her client/patients to regain their individual agency, and then take positive individual action. Her professional idea of cognitive behavioral therapy demands a proactive mindset that is shared between both ends of the dynamic therapist/patient relationship in order to create sustainable and positive behavioral changes. Her own action began when she completed her practicum as Certified Addiction Professional (CAP) and subsequently began her work at Regis. As her professional goals evolved she went on to also become a Certified Grief and Bereavement Counselor as she saw the need to expand the nature and scope of her service, as well as coordinating and supervising all Regis House’s social media and volunteer event media. Because for Ms. Guerrero, action truly is one vital direction to meaningful therapy. is the Key to Positive Action COMMUNITY AND POSITIVE ACTIONS CREATE A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR ALL OF US ENGAGEMENT
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