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NF Is a Rapper Counselors Can Get Behind
As parents, you might find yourself frequently worrying about the way popular media affects the mental health of your children as they move into their teenage years. Negative messaging isn’t hard to find, but it can be specifically concerning in music. The popular tunes of today’s younger generation are heavily saturated with rap music that doesn’t always express the kinds of thoughts and goals we want our children to [...]
Understanding And Facing Our Emotions
Often when I have new people coming into therapy, their goal is to get rid of their emotions because they make them uncomfortable. When I see clients dealing with anger, grief, anxiety or fear, they often search for ways to avoid the emotions as much as possible. For some reason, society has portrayed this vision that the person who shows no emotion is strong, and that those who show [...]
Finding Margin in Our Lives
Do you feel that you are constantly running on empty? That you are constantly running to the one thing after another? Do you find yourself constantly late to things in your life? How about forgetting important dates, or about the family and friends in your life? If one or all of these apply to you, it can mean that you are struggling with margin in your life. You are [...]
The Necessity of Emotional Regulation in Anxiety – Part II
Reference to the previous article on emotional regulation is here. Anxiety-related circumstances are some of the more common expressions of mental health needs within our societal landscape. The current statistical significance indicates that a multitude of Americans are being impacted, spanning across ages, with an anxiety-related circumstance. American author and journalist Scott Stossel remarks: Anxiety and its associated disorders represent the most common form of officially classified mental illness [...]
Tips for Starting Your College Semester off Right
It’s that time again! Students are making the trek back to college all over the country. For many parents, the worries return and questions abound. Will my son or daughter do well while away from home? How much should I contact them? Will they remember to get their homework done? Finding a healthy balance between hands on and hands off is not an easy one. Students, was last semester [...]
BOLD™ Group for Teens
About the Class: The BOLD™ group is an 8-week courage-building group for adolescents based on Dr. Brené Brown’s research. Participants will engage in activities that focus on topics including values, courage, vulnerability and authenticity. With a group of their peers, teens will get the opportunity to identify and process what is getting in the way of being their truest selves and develop strategies to become a more authentic version [...]