Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

How Integrative Therapy Helps You Repair and Rebuild #mentalhealthawareness

5 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, therapist Shari B. Kaplan explains that effective therapy goes beyond simply talking with a client. She emphasizes the need to teach clients how to calm their bodies and focus their minds, tailoring instruction to each individual's learning style. Kaplan defines integrative mental health as a holistic approach that views the person as a whole and employs a wide array of tools to help them release emotional tension, repair psychological wounds, reorganize thought patterns, and ultimately rebuild a healthier mental state.

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When I did become a therapist, it didn't make sense to sit with someone in my office and just talk to them. I thought, this person needs to learn how to get their body calm. This person needs to learn how to focus their mind. So I need to know so many different things about them in order to be able to teach them in whatever learning style they had. What is mental health versus integrative mental health? It's really about seeing the person and having tons of tools to be able to help somebody to release, to repair, to reorganize, and to rebuild.