Before she went on to win this year’s undergraduate “Hope for Healing Scholarship,” Isabel Buckingham began her personal essay with the following statement: “An estimated three percent of adolescents are diagnosed with an eating disorder; the first day of summer vacation in 2016, I became one of them.” Up until that ... Read More
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover
Kristina Robb-Dover is an Atlanta-based writer, editor, and author of two books with publishing houses. She has degrees from Yale College and Princeton Theological Seminary.
2020 Graduate Scholarship Recipient – Melanie Ryerson Shares Her “Hope for Healing” Story
When Melanie Ryerson, the graduate recipient of this year’s Hope for Healing Scholarship, shares her story, “resilience” is a recurring theme. In her personal essay, the special education teacher and master’s student in clinical mental health counseling referred to something Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reportedly once ... Read More
Meet the Two 2020 Recipients of FHE Health’s “Hope for Healing Scholarship”
FHE Health has chosen the first two recipients of its first-ever, annual “Hope for Healing Scholarship.” This year’s winners are Isabel Buckingham, a nursing major at the University of Pennsylvania, and Melanie Ryerson, a master’s student in clinical mental health counseling at the University of Central Florida. The ... Read More
Campus Counselors – A First Line of Defense for Teen Mental Health
Campus counselors often provide invaluable help to high schoolers, helping them navigate peer, parental and societal pressures, plan for life after high school and address mental health and behavioral issues. This article will explore these and other ways campus counselors provide mental health support to young ... Read More
Meet the Eight Finalists for the 2020 Hope for Healing Scholarship
FHE Health will soon be announcing the names of the two winners of our very first, annual “Hope for Healing Scholarship.” On March 15, tune in on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram to find out who will be awarded a $5,000 grant to support their studies in behavioral health and related fields! One graduate and one undergraduate ... Read More
How Music Therapy Can Improve Treatment Outcomes
Music & Creative Expression Specialist Gary Wayne is new to FHE Health but no stranger to music therapy as a means of treatment. As a lifelong musician, Wayne developed three other music therapy programs before coming to FHE Health. Now, he’s doing the same at FHE, having developed an innovative, creative arts ... Read More
Long-Term Effects of Marijuana
Many states have fully legalized marijuana and several more are expected to. Although for decades critics of marijuana have viewed it as a "gateway drug," many consider it to be harmless. Even though public perception of marijuana has been that it is not as addictive as drugs like heroin, meth, and other prescription ... Read More
10 Ways to Support a Spouse While They’re in Rehab
When a spouse goes to rehab for an addiction and/or mental health condition, everything changes at home. This is all so new, and the situation going forward is both anxiety-provoking and uncertain. What's involved in supporting a loved one in rehab? How does one help and not hinder a spouse in early recovery? Will the ... Read More
