Teletherapy Can Help You with Pandemic Stress
COVID-19 has changed many things as we once knew it! Many of the places that used to be normal to attend have now moved to a virtual platform. Everything from work, meetings, conferences, schools, and many others! The mental health field has also moved many of its services to virtual. Many mental health professionals have […]
Blog: Talking to Kids about Protests and Racism
Not only have we been shut-down, isolated, quarantined during a very uncertain time of the COVID-19 pandemic; parents and families are now experiencing cities, towns, and media bursting with anger, protests, and violence. Children and older teens who are home from school, without their usual summer activities are spending more time on social media and […]
Forget New Year’s Resolutions! Focus on SMART Goals Instead.
We made it! The start of a new year is here! There’s something about a new year that makes us feel inspired and hopeful. Like we are starting over in a sense. The start of a new year often comes with new promises, new outlooks, and new dreams. Even more people all over the world […]
How To Set New Year’s Goals That You Can Actually Achieve
Your garbage can is still overflowing from the wrapping paper (thanks, Santa!), but the blank pages of your journal are begging to be filled before the clock strikes midnight. Feeling the pressure to set new goals for the new year? Like you, nearly half of all Americans establish annual resolutions. The objectives stretch from a better diet […]
Blog: Anxiety in Kids During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 has turned the lives upside down around the whole world. Schools have closed for the remainder of the school year, restaurants, stores, and other businesses forced to close. Countless jobs and businesses lost, unable to recover from mandatory closures. Parents having to work from home, while often their children are having to do […]
How Teletherapy Can Help Your Holiday and Pandemic Stress
COVID-19 has changed many things as we once knew it, to say the least! Many of the places that used to be normal to attend have now moved to a virtual platform. Everything from work, meetings, conferences, schools, and many others! The mental health field has also moved many of its’ services to virtual. Many […]
Excessively Worried and Anxious About The Elections? Try this.
The countdown has begun. A crispy Autumn leaf is precariously clinging to the branch for support, even though it will inevitably fall to the ground. Likewise, we are grasping to understand the platforms behind the politics before we cast our vote on November third. This article is not about the politics or who you should […]
How Anxiety Shows Up At School And Why It often Is Hard To Recognize
Anxiety in schools is a widespread concern and impacts as much as 25% of children, according to recent research. It is easy to spot when kids express worries, fears, or being nervous about a test or project. Most of the time, it’s not so obvious. Kids present anxiety in a number of different ways that […]
School is Starting Back Up … Are Kids OK During Remote Learning?
Here we are in the fall of 2020, many months after the beginning of the unexpected turn of events caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re like most people, you were probably hoping that life would begin to return to normal sometime over the course of the summer and that our kids would be returning […]
10 Things To Ask Your Kids Before They Return To School After Covid-19
A new normal is emerging, striped with scars from the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses are opening, albeit with additional safety measures. Grocery store shelves are decently stocked, considering the current state of the world. And schools are preparing to open, although with extensive modifications. The 2019-2020 school year ended abruptly, assuming that students would return again […]