Understanding the Teen Brain: What’s Going on at This Age?
Being a teen is hard. At that age, they’re coping with pressures at school, part-time jobs, family, friends, and their newly changing bodies. They’re learning to take on more responsibilities while discovering who they are. As a parent, you’re probably wondering how...
Understanding the Stages of Grief
Grief is part of the human experience. It’s incredibly personal, complicated, and certainly non-linear. That said, therapists generally speak of grief as having five stages. These five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. As you grieve a...
Why Children with ADHD May Experience Anxiety
If your child has ADHD, you’re probably wondering how best to help them cope. Anxiety is a common comorbidity with many mental health issues. Roughly 3 in 10 children with ADHD also have anxiety. Because they’re so similar, they can be difficult to tell apart....
4 Critical Ways Adults Can Help When It Comes to Teen Mental Health
The teenage years are when young people explore their independence and develop a sense of personhood. However, teens these days are under a lot of pressure from school, extracurriculars, social norms, political strife, and more. Rates of depression and anxiety in...
How DBT Helps You Better Manage Anger
Having strong emotions can be a great thing: you can feel intense joy, happiness, and excitement. The flip side of this is that you may also feel negative emotions intensely as well, including sorrow and anger. No one is immune from an occasional fit of rage, but if...
What is Depersonalization and How Can Anxiety Cause It?
Have you ever felt like you’re somehow “outside” of yourself? Maybe you’ve felt like you’re floating or that your actions weren’t really your own or like you’re living in a dream state. Some people call it an “out-of-body experience,” while others aren’t entirely sure...
How College Students Can Cope with Fear and Anxiety Following the MSU Shooting
The Michigan State University shooting beginning on Monday, February 13th marks the 67th mass shooting (with 4+ victims) in the United States in 2023 alone. It has left both the community and the nation horrified, outraged, and scared. As a college student, you have...
The Motivation Struggle: How People with ADHD Can Make the Most of It
We all struggle with motivation sometimes, whether it’s doing the laundry or going to the gym. But when you have ADHD, the motivation struggle reaches a new level of difficulty. It goes beyond doing the laundry or working out; it branches into maintaining personal...
4 Signs a Child Is Internalizing Trauma
Children react to stress and trauma in different ways. When a child internalizes their pain, it’s much more difficult to recognize than when they externalize their emotions. It’s important to watch for the warning signs that your child is internalizing their...
Generational Trauma: What It Is and How to Recognize It
Trauma affects us all. Until recently, we thought of trauma as an individual experience. But sometimes, the traumas of our parents, grandparents, and even ancestors still affect us in ways we might not realize. These patterns then translate into behaviors that become...
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