How to Talk to Your Child About Seeking Mental Health Treatment
Guiding parents through a sensitive and crucial dialogue In today's world, concern over mental health is widespread, especially in the youngest and most vulnerable [...]
A Mother’s Support of Their LGBTQI Child During Pride Month
What is Pride Month beyond seeing rainbows everywhere during the month of June? Pride Month occurs every June and is the commemoration of the [...]
How Bullying Can Cause Co-Occurring Disorders in Adolescents
The teenage years are some of the most intense developmental years of the brain. This period is when the majority of mental illnesses develop, as [...]
Domestic Violence: Effects on Mental Health and Overall Wellbeing
People have differing perspectives and levels of awareness on the effects of domestic violence on family. Some may feel that abuse in the home is [...]
Does My Teen Have a Mental Health Disorder?
If you’re the parent of a teenager, you’ve probably wondered whether your teen is displaying signs of a mental health disorder or whether the behaviors [...]
Taking Care of Your Addicted Child: How to Manage Burnout
Parenting, while rewarding, is an exhausting task. Suppressing your emotional burnout is unhealthy for you and your entire family. The hard work you do is [...]
Foster Independence with Routines Over the Summer
Children and teens crave predictability from the adults around them. Even babies need to be reassured that a parent will take care of them when [...]
Talking About the Sad Reality of School Shootings with Your Kids
The violence in our world is appalling. It surely leaves adults dumbfounded, so it’s no surprise that kids also struggle to hear and understand the [...]
How to Support Your LGBTQ+ Teen
While raising a teenager can be quite challenging, being a teenager is even more challenging. As adolescents transition from childhood to adulthood, they are navigating [...]
Helping Your Teen Overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Mood swings and other symptoms are often dismissed as typical behavior for teenagers, so it’s easy to miss signs of underlying mental health disorders in [...]
5 Ways to Help Your Teen Overcome Substance Use
As a parent, your only wish is for your children to grow up happy and healthy. Sadly, for many parents this reality is interrupted by [...]
How To Spot Anxiety in Your Child
No one needs an expert to explain that the behavior of children and adults is distinct. Yet while they are unique, the behavior of [...]
Having the Conversation About Addiction With Your Children
Talking to children about addiction can feel uncomfortable, but it is important that kids and teens are informed about the dangers of addiction. How [...]
Counseling Helps Children Deal with Life as it Happens
Sending your child to counseling can be scary. You’re entrusting not only care for your child, but your care for your child’s thoughts and feelings, [...]
Tips to Help Your Children Prioritize Mental Health from a Young Age
Children and youth have a lot on their minds. Between free time and family time, schoolwork and building new friendships, their schedules can sometimes rival [...]
How to Talk to Your Kids about Coronavirus
With everything that is happening during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s normal for children to feel anxious. Routines have been disrupted, people are being asked to [...]
