April 2024
Learning About Your Brain!
April’s Health Quest is Learning About How Your Brain Works!
There is no such thing as one size fits all when it comes to learning, building habits or anything else. Everyone’s brain works slightly differently. Medications impact us all differently, and different interventions work for different people. This month we want you to learn about how your mind works! Learn more on our blog!
What Type of Gamer Are You?
Just as brains are different how we approach play is quite different as well! This quiz looks at different aspects of gaming and can help you understand what types of games will most appeal to your brain any why.
Provider Feature Dr. Jonathan Anslow
Psychologist providing individual, couples, and group therapy.
What do all those letters after your name mean?
Psy.D. indicates that I’m a Doctor of Psychology. When I was shopping for graduate programs “Psy.D” used to unofficially indicate that there was more of a clinical focus as opposed to research, which really appealed to me because I’m not much of an academic or statistician, but rather a hands-on experiential, process-oriented, and interpretive kind of practitioner. These days I don’t believe that distinction to be the case anymore and most programs endeavor to be integrative in their approach (e.g. clinical practice informed by up-to-date research).
What brought you to Health Quest?
I have known Dr. Kelly for many many years - back when he was called “Ryan the Pirate” (ask me about that later). He and I have connected so well and are typically quite adept at making one-another laugh which I think is CRITICAL when considering a place to work! We also overlap on so many aspects of geek culture and can be found connecting over passionate discussions about that. I used to work with him and Dr. Connell at another large practice and when I heard that they were creating something that leans hard into geek culture, which is such an integral part of who I am, I said, “SIGN ME UP!” I should say here too that I respect the heck out of Dr. Connell - aside from her super innovative tabletop gaming groups (she LITERALLY wrote the book on that), she brings the executive functioning and sensibility needed to counteract Ryan’s ADHD-fueled BTDE (Big Tasmanian Devil Energy).
Read the rest of his interview on our blog here
Groups
Dr. Jonathan Anslow’s Men’s Groups
Starting in April Dr. Anslow will be leading 2 men’s groups
One group will be focusing on helping young men (age 18-29) on the transition to adulthood and providing support through the early stages of ‘adulting.’
The second group will be for 30+ year-old men to process and support one another.
For more information or to register email Dr. Anslow at JAnslow@HQPsych.com
To join a session of our Gender Junction meeting, or for more information email Dr. Wolfe at GWolfe@HQPsych.com
Dr. Ryan Kelly will be running the Kids Thrive Therapy Group. For more information email Dr. Kelly at RKelly@HQPsych.com
Come and See our Space and Meet Some of Our Providers!
19 April 5:30-7:30pm
We are now fully settled into our space at the Gibson Building and are excited to open our doors and show off our amazing and immersive space! We will have snacks and information about our programs and groups! Please RSVP to info@HQpsych.com
