Welcome to our video gallery, where individuals living with vision loss and eye conditions share their personal stories. Through these powerful firsthand accounts, you’ll hear how people of all ages are adapting, thriving, and finding support along their journey. Their experiences highlight the importance of early diagnosis, treatment, accessibility, and community. We hope these stories inspire connection, understanding, and hope for anyone affected by vision impairment.

Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: The ASPECT Program
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: The ASPECT Program
Julie Grutzmacher, Director of Patient Advocacy and Population Health Initiatives at Prevent Blindness, answers the question: What is the ASPECT program?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Therapist and Client Relationship
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Therapist and Client Relationship
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Melissa Taussig, answers the question: What roles does empathy play in working with the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Vision Loss and Therapy
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Vision Loss and Therapy
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Melissa Taussig, answers the question: How do you approach therapy with the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Cultural Experiences Relating to Blindness
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Cultural Experiences Relating to Blindness
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Melissa Taussig, answers the question: What are examples of ableist experiences relating to blindness?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Each Story is Unique
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Each Story is Unique
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Melissa Taussig, answers the question: What would you highlight for therapists working with the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Avoiding Ableism in Therapy
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Avoiding Ableism in Therapy
Clinical psychologist, Joe Behen, answers the question: How can therapists avoid ableism in therapy?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Clinical psychologist, Joe Behen, answers the question: What has your personal journey with Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) been like?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Fear and Vision Loss
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Fear and Vision Loss
Clinical psychologist, Joe Behen, answers the question: How does fear affect therapeutic relationships?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Understanding Patient Anxiety
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Understanding Patient Anxiety
Clinical psychologist, Joe Behen, answers the question: What advice do you have for your colleagues about understanding vision anxiety?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Shared Lived Experience (Part 2)
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Shared Lived Experience (Part 2)
Clinical social worker Jenelle Landgraf answers the question: Why is it important for therapists to know about disability history?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Shared Lived Experience (Part 1)
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Shared Lived Experience (Part 1)
Clinical social worker Jenelle Landgraf answers the question: What has been the benefit of being a blind therapist and counseling blind or low vision individuals?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Disability Affirming Therapy
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Disability Affirming Therapy
Clinical social worker Jenelle Landgraf answers the question: What is disability affirming therapy?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Biases and Therapeutic Practice
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Biases and Therapeutic Practice
Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeanetta Price, answers the question: What biases did you have to overcome to become a therapist?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Planting Seeds of Hope
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Planting Seeds of Hope
Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeanetta Price, answers the question: Why do you share your story about blindness, grief, and identity? How can therapy be a catalyst?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Blind Mental Health Professionals
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Blind Mental Health Professionals
Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeanetta Price, answers the question: Why does representation matter? How are blind and visually impaired therapists change agents?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Grief and Healing with Family
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Grief and Healing with Family
Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeanetta Price, answers the question: What advice do you have for family members of the blind and visually impaired community, as well as professionals working with the community?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeanetta Price, answers the question: What advice do you have for people who are new to sight loss or blindness?
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Why Mental Wellness Matters for Vision Loss
Mental Wellness and Vision Loss: Why Mental Wellness Matters for Vision Loss
Julie Grutzmacher, Director of Patient Advocacy and Population Health Initiatives at Prevent Blindness, answers the question: Why did Prevent Blindness create the Mental Wellness and Vision Loss series?
Living Well Spotlight: Jeanetta Price
Living Well Spotlight: Jeanetta Price
Poet and ASPECT Program Manager Jeanetta Price on grieving, community, and living your best life out of sight. Learn more about the ASPECT program.
Living Well Spotlight: Christopher Hord
Living Well Spotlight: Christopher Hord
Writer, editor, and Focus on Eye Health Podcast host Christopher Hord on navigating his personal health journey and the benefits of the ASPECT Program. Learn more about the ASPECT program.

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