We’re all dealing with the uncertainty that comes along with these COVID-19 times. One thing that hasn’t changed, how important your relationship is to you. Are you feeling extra stressed, finding yourself spending too much time together, or just need…
Mental Health Workouts Imagine...Your phone vibrates intensely, as your work alarm screams for your attention to remind you that you overslept again. You turn it off and sit up in your bed to process the long day ahead of you…
It’s midnight. You have a paper due first thing in the morning and your page is... still blank. You look across the room and notice a large bag of chips that seem like the perfect antidote to your writer’s…
There’s an old argument about whether a person’s actions, behaviors, and personality are derived from their biology and genes or the environment in which they grew up in: nature versus nurture. In the context of family therapy, we’re more concerned…
College Transitions For Parents The move to college doesn’t just affect the child; parents often feel the reverberations of this new life experience, and the relationship between parent and child shifts and usually gets redefined. The teenager is exploring a…
When working with an adult in a therapy session, the technique used may be solely a back-and-forth conversation. In these cases, the ability to communicate (even if not entirely effectively) is usually not an obstacle. However, with children, who may…
The Importance of Mental Health Awareness So why does mental health awareness matter? The answer is quite simple: Because so many people are affected. Did you know that 43.8 million Americans experience a mental health illness in a single year? Notice that…