Submissions Due: December 08, 2022 – Media Opportunities For Mental Health Professionals [ 8 Opportunities – Click Here To See Them All ]

Summary: Psychiatrist/psychologist/mental health expert to answer questions about journaling for beginners

• Name: Jaylyn Pruitt Verywell Health
• Category: Biotech and Healthcare
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Verywell Health
• Deadline: 12:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: I’m looking for a mental health expert to answer a few questions about journaling for beginners, what beginners can expect, and how they can make it a habit:

– What can journaling help with? Why is it important?
– How can it help with achieving goals?
– What kinds of things should people journal about?
– What are some of the different journaling techniques, and which ones are best for beginners?
– How can beginners make journaling a habit? How can they incorporate it into their routines?
– How can beginners keep themselves from getting discouraged while starting a journal? What are realistic expectations?
– Do you have any specific journals/journal types that you recommend for beginners?

Summary: Relationship experts for quick email Q and A

• Name: Sakshi Udavant BeenVerified
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: BeenVerified
• Deadline: 2:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: I’m looking for relationship experts who can answer simple relationship questions over email. This is for a story in BeenVerified: https://www.beenverified.com/.

Summary: second date ideas, according to relationship therapists/experts

• Name: Perri O. Blumberg TODAY.com
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: TODAY.com
• Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: Looking for great SECOND date ideas. Please only reply if you are a relationship therapist or dating expert. Please reply with numbers:

1. Your name or client’s and how to cite with title, name, credentials (PhD, LMFT, etc.) and link to website. Dating experts, please name your business, podcast, book you’ve written, etc. This needs to be under a sentence long.
2. Please share your first second date idea for this list and why you’d recommend people do this.
3. Please do the same for a second second date idea.
4. Please do the same for a third second date idea.
5. Please do the same for a fourth second date idea.
6. Please do the same for a fifth second date idea.
7. Please do the same for a sixth second date idea.
8. Optional: Please do the same for a seventh second date idea.
9. Please share an intro quote about how planning a thoughtful second date is important, and some general guidelines to consider when doing so. Please also touch on how coming up with a second date idea can be inherently stressful. Keep this quote to about a Paragraph.

Requirements: Please format with numbers as requested. Answers may be tweaked slightly for grammar/clarity/flow. Will send link if you make the final version and I do my best to Tweet my articles as they go up, so you can always follow me here: https://twitter.com/66perristreet Please note if I like your pitch but it’s not a fit for this story, I may hold and use for other articles/outlets where it is a better fit. See story links here: https://muckrack.com/perri-ormont-blumberg

Summary: Mental health expert needed for story on carrying the mental load during holidays

• Name: Jessica Estrada Well + Good
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Well + Good
• Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: I’m looking for a mental health expert for a story on how someone, particularly women, can cope if they’re carrying the full mental load of the holidays (planning, decision-making, tracking, etc.).

Summary: Is codependency a sign of a personality disorder?

• Name: Mary West Medical News Today
• Category: Biotech and Healthcare
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Medical News Today
• Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: I need a psychologist or psychiatrist to discuss this question. I’d like for this person to explain how codependency could be a sign of disorders, such as dependent, borderline, narcissistic personality disorder, and any others. If chosen, the person would need to feel comfortable discussing each one separately, such as the relationship between codependency and borderline personality disorder, then the relationship between codependency and narcissistic personality disorder and so forth. If chosen, the person would need to be able to contribute a total of 200-250 words.

Requirements: Psychohologist or psychiatrist

Summary: How to avoid drama when gathering with loved ones over the holidays

• Name: Gabrielle Moss Stripes/ Adulted
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Stripes/ Adulted
• Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: Looking for some mental health experts to weigh in on how to avoid and/ or cope with the conversations no one wants to have over the holidays — your parents’s needling questions about your love life, your cousin’s barbed remarks about your career, etc. How can we sidestep these conversations, even if they seem to happen every year? And if we can’t avoid them fully, how do we keep them from getting to us?

Summary: Psychologist needed to discuss stress eating

• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: The Girlfriend
• Deadline: 10:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: I’m working on a story for TheGirlfriend.com on signs of stress eating + how to cope. Looking for a psychologist to weigh in.

Summary: Looking therapists to give tips on how to motivate loyal clients who don’t do their homework

• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Pyschreg
• Deadline: 11:00 PM EST – 8 December

Query: How do you navigate clients who faithfully come to therapy, but don’t do the work? What interventions have you found to be helpful with motivating clients? Elaborate on any details you find helpful for explaining the mindset of the client and how it changes.

Requirements: Must be a licensed therapist with a professional website bio. 1) Send the URL of your headshot 2) URL of your website you want linked 3) Name of practice/therapist 4) Your 3-part response!