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Information and Articles for ADHD, Grief, Depression, Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Body Image, Stress, Worry

Your Child + Challenging Friendships

Friendships Are Complex When your child comes to you with stressful situations involving their peers, it can often be challenging to figure out the best way to assist them. We all struggle with friendship issues at some point in our [...]

The Teen Brain: A Users Guide

What's going on in that teen brain? Every so often, you will hear an adult say, "I remember when I was a teen...," and that statement usually is correct before they mention how much the world has changed since they [...]

By |2023-04-08T21:29:50-05:00August 27, 2021|Anxiety Stress Worry, Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy|Comments Off on The Teen Brain: A Users Guide

7 Ways to Know You’re an Awesome Mom

Being a Mom is tough work, we  Moms know that. There are times we don't live up to the expectations we have for ourselves, and as a therapist, I find myself needing to let Moms know just how awesome [...]

By |2023-04-04T17:25:03-05:00September 26, 2018|Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy, Marriage + Relationships + Couples, Parenting|Comments Off on 7 Ways to Know You’re an Awesome Mom

ADHD: A Neurological Disorder of the Brain

ADHD, often used interchangeably with ADD, is a neurobiological disorder of the brain characterized by inability to focus on tasks or follow through with tasks, or hyperactivity. It's important to distinguish life stressors which can cause these symptoms, to that which [...]

By |2023-04-04T17:25:07-05:00August 18, 2018|Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy|Comments Off on ADHD: A Neurological Disorder of the Brain

Don’t Be a Zax: How to Deal with Stubbornness in Kids

Stubbornness is a common complaint from parents, especially those with children either in middle or high school. For these parents, it may seem like the defiance they face from their children is designed simply to push their buttons. This can [...]

By |2023-04-04T17:25:42-05:00August 28, 2017|Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy|Comments Off on Don’t Be a Zax: How to Deal with Stubbornness in Kids

5 Tips to Prepare Your Overanxious Kid for the New School Year

For most families, the slide from summer to autumn is a time of excitement and perhaps a bit of sadness at the coming end of the carefree vacation days. For a growing number of children, though, the days leading up [...]

By |2023-04-04T17:25:43-05:00August 24, 2017|Anxiety Stress Worry, Child (Play) Counseling & Teen Therapy|Comments Off on 5 Tips to Prepare Your Overanxious Kid for the New School Year

The Legacy of Trauma

Guest Blog by Jenny Wang, M.A., LPC It was the middle of a difficult freshman year of college, and I found myself waiting in my lawyer’s office for the deposition to begin. I had been dreading this for weeks, so [...]

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