Why are rates of mental illness and suicide so high in Utah? Are the current popular therapy interventions in Utah enough? What can therapists do to help? The therapy culture in Utah is very talk therapy heavy. There is an emphasis on intellectualizing distress and making changes to thoughts in order to feel better. Therapists that engage in well-researched deeper brain and body modalities such as somatic processing, experiential work, interoceptive yoga, etc are not the norm in Utah, whereas, according to guest therapist Sarah MacCombie, these highly effective modalities are taught much more common in the state she was trained in, California. Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT LMFT , Andrea Hanson M.Ed LCMHC, and Sarah MacCombie OTL ACMHC explore how Utah's religious culture impacts mental health culture and interventions in Utah and encourage therapists to explore bridging the mind-body gap within themselves and their clients in session. Learn more about Sarah's Neurodiversity Clinic by calling (385) 220-8890.Connect with Andrea by following @andreahansonpsych on FB, Insta, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. #utah #utahculture #mormon #exmormon #religioustrauma #somatics #somatics #therapy #talktherapy #therapists #lds #mentalhealth #deconstruction