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Going Back to School After COVID
For nearly all of 2020, school transitioned to virtual learning for nearly everyone. Children, teens, and college students had to ultimately adapt to a completely different learning environment: their house. Having peers or a social environment was no longer, and...
How to Protect Your Teen Online
In today’s electronic world, your teen is more likely to start exploring the internet at an early age. It’s likely that they explored around as a younger child. Simply googling things that came to their mind to satisfy their curiosities. When they were younger, they...
3 Signs of Depression in Teens
Lately, you have felt worried about your teen. They don’t seem to have the same energy or motivation that they used to. Due to getting older, they are naturally drifting away from you. They may be more involved with themselves or friends, and not so much family. You...
How to Stop Fighting With Your Partner
You and your partner have seemingly been fighting non stop over many things. Whether it’s bickering over something small or arguing over something big, you can’t seem to stop. Tension continues to build between you, and you feel like you’re walking on ice. What...
3 Ways to Manage Social Anxiety
Social anxiety can leave us feeling drained and overwhelmed. We may feel uncomfortable at the thought of going out in public and potentially socializing. Casual social interactions can leave you feeling light headed or that your heart is pounding out of your chest. It...
How to Be Nice to Yourself
It can be difficult to be nice to ourselves. We may constantly view ourselves as not good enough, failures, not pretty or handsome enough, or unsure of who we even are. Maybe we believe that there are no reasons to be nice to ourselves - that we do not deserve to be....
How to Help Your Child Express Their Feelings
Children can sometimes have a hard time expressing their feelings. When something upsets them, they may resort to tantruming or other behavior outbursts. As parents, we want our children to feel confident and safe while expressing their feelings. We want them to know...
How to Help Your Child Feel Motivated in School
The pandemic has affected us all greatly in so many ways. We had to social distance, wear masks, and quarantine ourselves. For those in school, a lot changed for them as well. They didn’t have the chance to socialize with friends. Class was essentially home school...
3 Things Parents Can Do For a Suicidal Teen
It can be scary knowing your teen struggles with suicidal thoughts. They may or may not reveal the extent of their pain. Feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness come up for them. They may not be open about how they feel about themselves. You want to support your...
What to Do After A Breakup
Breakups are hard to get through. They may even feel impossible. You once were so happy with someone. And now, you are separated. You may be feeling very lost and empty. Maybe even depressed or anxious. You want to know what to do after a break up. Regardless of what...
How to Stop Feeling Guilty
Let’s be real - we all have regrets. We may have done something wrong, leaving us feeling guilty. Our actions may have hurt ourselves or the people around us. You may be struggling to cope with your guilt. Feeling like your anxiety is running rampant. However,...
4 Tips for Boundary Setting With Your Teen
You’re here because you’re curious to know how to set boundaries with your teenager. As our children grow and hit puberty, they experience a lot of chemical and hormonal changes. Puberty can cause your teen to experience anxiety, angst, or depression. Although you...
How to Control Your Anger
Anger is defined as an emotional state that can range from light irritability to intense fury and rage. You know that your anger is a problem. Anger can bottle up inside of us until we simply explode; hurting the ones around us. Stress from many different factors...
3 Ways to Reward Yourself As a Parent
You know that you give yourself less credit than you deserve. As a parent, it may just seem natural for everything you juggle. However, it’s important to remember that what you do is amazing! Whether it be balancing caring for your family, working, or more, you...
What Causes Intimacy Issues?
In your relationship, you have been feeling a lack of intimacy lately. Things have been cold and blunt between the two of you. You don’t feel that warm love anymore. You both may get snappy or irritable. It’s not a nice feeling and you want change. Intimacy...
How to Love Yourself
In today’s world, it’s easy to find things we dislike about ourselves. We are our biggest critics. It can feel normal to think so poorly of ourselves. We may blame ourselves constantly and always find reasons to be unsatisfied. You want to know how to love yourself....
3 Tips for Coping With Stress and Anxiety in College
College can be a stressful time in our lives. We need to balance academics, social life, jobs, and more. In order to work as a marine biologist or crime scene investigator, you need certain degrees. Even though you just want to learn about sea otters, you need to take...
When to Start Couples Counseling
Have things been feeling rocky in your relationship or marriage lately? You’re starting to feel concerned about the way it’s been functioning. You start to wonder when to start couples counseling. What happened in the relationship? How did things get so bad? It...
What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?
You’ve probably heard a psychologist describe their avid use of “CBT” in sessions. CBT stands for cognitive behavioral therapy. It is a form of talk therapy aimed to improve a wide range of mental health concerns. This can be anxiety, depression, and more. CBT...
Do I Need Medication or Therapy?
Recently, you feel like your depression has been at an all time high. After silencing it internally for years, you decide it is time to seek the help you need and deserve. You’re new to the process of mental health support. You feel you have left your depression...
What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed can leave you feeling trapped. The world around you seems to be moving so fast, it’s almost hard to keep up with what’s going on. Everything can feel like it’s spinning as you slowly go into a panic. You may be wondering, what do I do when I feel...