By: Bud Ingram-Lile “I feel depressed” is a common phrase heard by mental health providers. Once used to describe a clinical state, the term has crept into common usage over time. Nowadays, it can mean anything from the “Monday blues” to a life-threatening illness. A mental health provider looks for a cluster of symptoms over [...]
MICP&P and Hamm Clinic Partnership
Blog Post by Ivy Johnson This past spring, Hamm Clinic announced its collaboration and partnership with the Minnesota institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (MICP&P), a training institute for post-graduate therapists that specializes in psychodynamic therapy. Through this partnership, Hamm Clinic’s fellows are given the opportunity to audit the classes free of charge – I [...]

Love in the Time of Corona
These are unprecedented times in which we are living. Even when “shelter-in-place” restrictions are lifted, we as a community are not going to return to social “normalcy” anytime soon. There will still be a need for social distancing – particularly for those having risk factors for COVID complications. Regardless of your perception of the social [...]

Groups at Hamm Clinic
Transformational experience for clients and trainees As the social work trainee cohort at Hamm Clinic for the academic year 2019-2020 we were each excited to be a part of Hamm’s evolving focus on group work as a therapeutic intervention. We each wanted the practical experience of leading a group, but through our work have seen [...]