Randy Withers

Randy Withers is a Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. He has masters degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University and Education from Florida State University, and is the managing editor of Blunt Therapy. He writes about mental health, therapy, and addictions.

How To Start Your Own Mental Health Blog A Complete Guide For Beginners [2021]

How To Start a Mental Health Blog in 2022: A Simple (But Complete) Guide For Beginners

This simple but complete 6-part guide will teach you how to start, build, and promote a mental health blog that your readers will love.

by Randy Withers

January 12, 2021

5 Toxic Parenting Behaviors (That Are Borderline Criminal)

by Randy Withers

January 1, 2021

There is a direct relationship between childhood mental illness and toxic parenting

48 Mental Health Blogs You’ve Never Heard Of That Totally Nail It in 2021

by Randy Withers

July 18, 2021

Giant health-related websites are excellent resources, but don't discount the personal mental

9 Dumb Platitudes That Suck The Air Out of a Therapy Session

by Randy Withers

July 12, 2020

A platitude is cheap. It’s a throwaway statement, one well-meaning people use

7 Things You Need To Know If You Want To Help An Addict

by Randy Withers

May 31, 2020

Addiction is a complicated and baffling disease that affects tens of millions

Why Should We Care About Mental Health Awareness?

by Randy Withers

June 16, 2022

Spreading mental health awareness is crucial, as it will enable early identification and prompt treatment of psychological and behavioral health disorders.

What You Should Know About Medication-Assisted Treatment

Medication-Assisted Treatment: A Modern Lifeline in Addiction Recovery

by Randy Withers

March 25, 2022

For years, the dominant narrative around addiction told people to tough it out. Get clean. Stay clean. Relapse? Your fault. But science tells a different

6 Accurate Depictions of PTSD in Movies and TV, According To Therapists

by Randy Withers

December 20, 2021

Blunt Therapy interviewed mental health professionals to see what they think are accurate depictions of PTSD in films and TV. Here are their 6 recommendations.