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Mindful Conversations
Mindful Conversations is a space for thoughtful reflection, clinical insight, and meaningful dialogue around recovery, mental health, and whole-person wellness. Here, we explore the intersections of science, mindfulness, emotional health, and lived experience—offering perspectives that support awareness, resilience, and sustained healing. Each post is an invitation to pause, reflect, and engage more intentionally with your own path toward health.
You don’t need all the answers to take the next step. Whether you’re seeking support for addiction, mental health, trauma, or a more integrated approach to wellness, we’re here to meet you where you are and help you determine the right path forward. Reach out to learn more or schedule a consultation when you’re ready.
What Can Be Done to Deal With Substance Abuse?
Dealing with substance abuse requires more than just stopping the use of a drug or alcohol; it involves healing the mind, body, and spirit. Recovery is a complex, deeply personal process that must address not only the symptoms of addiction but also the underlying causes and consequences.
Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment Salt Lake City: Our Commitment at Sovegna
Sovegna team believes that our evidence-based addiction treatment in Salt Lake City is the cornerstone of lasting recovery for our community residents. Our team is dedicated to providing care that is rooted in the latest scientific research and proven clinical practices.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy: An Innovative Pillar in Holistic Mental Wellness
When traditional treatments don't provide relief for mental health conditions, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) offers new hope. This innovative, non-invasive therapy uses focused magnetic fields to target specific brain regions that influence mood and behavior. For many patients who've tried medications without success, TMS represents a welcome alternative backed by solid research and FDA approval.
Addiction Treatment Medications Salt Lake City | How Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Supports Long-Term Sobriety
Addiction is a complex disease that affects every aspect of a person's life, from physical health to emotional well-being. At Sovegna, we understand that overcoming addiction requires an extensive approach, and that's why we emphasize the importance of our addiction treatment medications that Salt Lake City residents can access.
What Sets Sovegna Apart: Gentle, Outcomes‑Focused Mental Health Services in Salt Lake City
Mental Health Awareness Month is an invitation to stop, relax, and select the support that fits in your life. At Sovegna, we are convinced that compassionate care and quantifiable results can and must co-exist. If you're exploring mental health services in Salt Lake City, our mission is simple: make getting high-quality help feel clear, collaborative, and doable from day one.
Sovegna: Redefining Recovery for Professionals
Dr. Susie Wiet, a medical doctor enrolled in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) Online program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, is transforming the field of recovery and mental health with her startup, Sovegna.
Transform Your Life in 2025: Comprehensive Care for Mind, Body, and Spirit at Sovegna
Sovegna provides a holistic approach to healing that addresses the mind, body, and spirit. Whether you're seeking to break free from addiction, find peace through therapy, or optimize your wellness through personalized treatments, we offer the expert care and support you need to make lasting change.
Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder: Recognizing the Signs and Finding Relief
As the days grow shorter and darker, many people face increased challenges like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), heightened stress, and rising anxiety. The reduced daylight can trigger feelings of the 'winter blues,' while the approach of the holiday season can add an extra layer of stress and worry. But for some, late fall and early winter can bring severe depression symptoms.
Summer Self-Care Tips
The dog days of summer are upon us, bringing long, hot days. While it might be tempting to stay inside in the cool air-conditioned comfort of your home or office, it’s important to take advantage of the outdoor opportunities essential for mental and physical wellness.
Mastering EMDR Techniques:Six Practical Tips and Strategies for Therapists in Training
Our own Katie Quinlan, CMHC, wrote this blog post, Mastering EMDR Techniques, for The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy. This post was written for fellow EMDR clinicians.
Revolutionizing Recovery & Mental Health Treatment: Sovegna's Intensive Outpatient Program for Busy Professionals
At Sovegna, we believe in an integrated, multidisciplinary care approach to healing. Our vision is to provide effective individualized and cutting-edge treatment that targets health, wellness, and sustained long-term recovery from addiction, trauma, and psychiatric concerns.
Unlocking Healing: The Power of EMDR Therapy
EMDR is an evidence-based and highly effective therapy intervention that assists with healing from traumatic experiences. EMDR focuses on the problematic memories (the past), the situations that are disturbing (the present), and the skills necessary for the future.
What is Somatic Psychotherapy?
We all have innate survival and connection drives. If we face a dangerous situation, our body prompts us into a fight, flight, or freeze mode. This happens so quickly, often it is not a conscious thought – our body just takes over.
Spring Cleaning for your Health
Spring is finally here, and that means it’s time for Spring cleaning. And I don’t mean that in the literal sense: I mean it’s time to clean the mind and body.
Six Steps for Healthy Caregiving
As part of our human experience, there will be times in our lives when we are put in the caregiver role. People we love will struggle with addiction, health problems, mental health issues, aging, reckless choices, or their own trauma.
Self-Care Tips for the Holidays
The holiday season is here again, and along with it, stress. Family obligations, work, shopping, entertaining, cooking and baking, and more can lead to heightened levels of anxiety from Thanksgiving through Christmas.
Curious about Ketamine?
Ketamine is a unique treatment which acts like a 'reset button' on the neuro-immune system and stimulates neurogenesis, which stimulates health. It’s a non-traditional therapy tool that can be used for people struggling with treatment-resistant mental issues.
The Importance of Human Connection
Group therapy is a very important component of long-term recovery: Connection with others is grounding and vital for survival.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)?
EMDR is an evidence-based and highly effective therapy intervention that assists with healing from traumatic experiences.
Mental Wellness: It's for Everyone
The uncertainty created by Covid led to other issues that weren’t necessarily good for us: worry, loss of sleep, binge eating, less exercise, use of alcohol or other substances, and exacerbation of mental health issues.