I’m working hard to speak out in various venues to fight the stigma of mental illness and introduce BWellBStrong to the psychiatric community – individuals diagnosed with BPD, an eating disorder and/or depression, their loved ones, clinicians and beyond. I’m passionate about smashing the myths that exist and advocating for the truth and understanding.
I’ve spoken at local libraries, given a featured interview in a magazine about mental health, kicked of BPD Awareness Month and the promoted “Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery From Borderline Personality Disorder” with Perry Hoffman, Ph.D. at a local Barnes and Noble.
And of course, I continue to write about my journey to recovery and spread the word that recovery from severe and persistent mental illness is possible!
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
I presented in a flash session at NAMICon in July 2021.
“Harmony in BPD Recovery: How Both DBT & TFP Led to Full Recovery from BPD”
I spoke at the Annual Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health Congress in July 2021!
“Layering Treatments to Achieve Recovery from BPD”
ZOOM SEMINARS
DBT & TFP Up Close and Personal
An Intimate Discussion with Judit Lendvay, MD, Charles Swenson, MD, and Andrea Rosenhaft on Zoom
Active Listening
SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES
5 of the Most Misunderstood Mental Disorders
I’m A Therapist Who Used To Be A Psych Patient and This Was The Key To My Recovery
Navigating Depression and Psychosis: The Experience We Rarely Talk About
2nd Place in Medium’s Invisible Illness Clinician’s Contest for a Research-Based Article!
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Is Not Always The Most Effective Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
As Seen on Thrive Global
“Changing The Conversation Around Suicide“
“Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder”
published on NAMI’s August 2020 blog
“Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder,” by Andrea Rosenhaft, LCSW-R
Featured on NEABPD’s (National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder) Facebook Page
As Seen In Mental Health Memoirs
23 Mental Health Experts Share Their
Thoughts on Coping During Covid-19
Blogger Kate Haldeman reached out to the top mental health bloggers, writers, advocates, and practitioners in the world to ask about taking care of mental health during the pandemic.
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, 2020
Eight Months After A Suicide Attempt
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Understanding Driving Anxiety
The treatment of choice for drivers with driving anxiety is a specific form of CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, known as Exposure Therapy.
Understanding Financial Therapy
A person needs to consider financial therapy when their relationship with money negatively impacts their ability to function in one or more aspects of their lives.
Are Pre-Existing Mental Health Conditions Covered by Health Insurance?
Health insurance policies generally cover pre-existing mental health conditions. Insurance carriers must provide coverage to policyholders as long as the plan is purchased during an open or special enrollment period on the ACA exchanges. You may also find policies outside the ACA exchange that offer coverage for pre-existing mental illnesses. However, some aren’t ACA-compliant and don’t include pre-existing health conditions.
A Guide To Obtaining Insurance For Mental Health Care
Each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), more than 26 million Americans struggle to find accessible mental health care, partly because they have to navigate a complicated and costly system.
How To Navigate Mental Healthcare When You’re Uninsured
Navigating the mental healthcare landscape is not always as simple as picking up the phone and making an appointment, especially when you have limited insurance coverage—or none at all.
VIDEOS
Healthy Mind, Healthy Family Guest Video Appearance
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Watch these two videos on Healthy Mind Healthy Family in which Andrea was invited to speak about her experiences with depression and anorexia for Healthy Mind Healthy Family. This organization’s mission is to inform, inspire, and empower parents, whose lives are affected by mental health disorders, to take steps toward positive change in their lives and in the lives of their children.
PODCASTS
“To Hell and Back,” a podcast hosted by psychiatrist and DBT expert, Charlie Swenson, M.D.
This podcast series, “To Hell and Back,” is focused on the nature of hellish experiences in life, how people get into them, and to present and discuss tools for coping with hell and getting out. The various podcasts will move back and forth between different varieties of hell in life, and different tools for coping.
Charlie has an extended conversation with Andrea about her many years of suffering with anorexia and borderline personality disorder, and how treatment has helped her.
Dr. Swenson is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty. In 1987, he implemented and directed the first DBT program at NY Presbyterian Hospital-Westchester Division for patients with borderline personality disorder.
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BPD Expert Talk, Reading and Q & A
Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Barnes and Noble at the City Center in White Plains, NY.
Andrea Rosenhaft, LCSW-R teamed up with the late Dr. Perry Hoffman, co-founder of the NEABPD (National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder) to kick off the start of BPD Awareness Month in May, 2017.