Archive for June 2023
Teach Your Children These Skills to Prevent Sexual Abuse
As a parent, thinking about how to prevent child abuse, particularly to prevent sexual abuse, isn’t generally something you want to think about, right? It’s likely that you’re aware how debilitating child abuse can be. Not only does it make it harder for the abused child to be mentally healthy, but that stigma often haunts…
Read MoreParenting Insight: 5 Tips for Effectively Helping Your Anxious Child
Struggling with anxiety is a challenge, to say the least. Helping your anxious child to deal with this ailment can be even more challenging. As a parent, it may be hard to know what is the right thing to do or say to support your children. Especially when they’re dealing with anxiety. Plus, adults and…
Read MoreWhat Are Common Types of Anxiety in Children and What Are the Signs?
To us adults, the life of a child can look like a walk in the park. But… that’s not always how it feels to a child. Although children don’t have the pressure of paying bills, holding down a job, or maintaining a good credit score, they still experience stress and anxiety in their own way.…
Read MoreIs Your Child Dealing with Difficulties in School? – 3 Ways You Can Provide Support
Getting “the” phone call that your child is experiencing difficulties in school might be last on your list of phone calls you’d love to receive. In all reality, that particular phone call can go way beyond a simple conversation with your child’s teacher. For some, it could bring back memories of their own school experiences. Especially,…
Read MoreWhat If Self-Help Strategies for Adult Anxiety Are Not Enough?
Despite adult anxiety being a debilitating mental condition, it still plagues a significant chunk of society. Many people first attempt the DIY route to rid themselves of anxiety. Though common self-help methods don’t always work out, leaving anxiety unchallenged. For various reasons, you may have dabbled in self-help strategies to overcome your own anxiety. And…
Read MoreA Healing Journey – 3 Ways Depression Counseling Can Guide You
In America alone, an estimated 17 million people suffer from depression. While some remain stuck in feelings of hopelessness, others seek help by participating in depression counseling. What many people overlook or simply misunderstand is that depression is a treatable condition. Caused by a variety of factors—biological, emotional, and situational—those suffering from depression are doing…
Read More4 Ways Group Therapy Sessions Help You Feel Connected and Empowered
At some point in your life, you’ve likely heard the adage about strength being in numbers. Most people think of an army or even a group of faithful followers. No matter the mental picture the saying paints for you, the truth remains intact. There is an empowering strength when a group of people bands together for one…
Read MoreVIDEO: How To Motivate Your Teen
VIDEO: How To Motivate Your Tween/Teen I presented at Farmwell Station Middle School last week on how to motivating teenagers. I’d love your thoughts on this topic as it seems to be an important one for us all! Watch the video now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko7vYAvBJLs Enjoy!
Read MoreParenting an Anxious Child: Build a Toolbox of Strategies Through Family Group Therapy
Parenting an anxious child comes with its own unique set of challenges. As you may know, being the parent of an overly anxious tween/teen can feel a lot like running the gauntlet. From all angles, you may face unexpected issues—obsessive worrying, anxiety-related illnesses, social problems, etc. However, each distinct problem has an unmistakable solution. When…
Read MoreFamily Group Therapy: Gaining Insight to How Family Dynamics Play a Role in Anxiety
Emotions play a large role in family dynamics. No family unit is without its unique and familiar interactions. It leaves room for each member to influence the entire unit. Sometimes this can be positive and sometimes not. Family group therapy works to examine certain family dynamics. Specifically, those contributing to anxiety in one or more…
Read More