Apr 11, 2023 | Athlete, Teen Counseling
Holistic athlete, What does that mean? Growing up playing sports I always thought being an athlete meant the sole act of being on a team and if you were no longer a part of a team the title left along with it. This idea takes away from all of the important things I...
Apr 30, 2021 | Teen Counseling
One of the major theories regarding relationships is called attachment theory. It suggests that the way you related to your caregiver(s) as an infant, and the way your caregiver(s) related to you, shapes how you come to view relationships later in life. If your...
Dec 31, 2020 | Teen Counseling
Although teens are experiencing many emotions in this tumultuous time, I want to address the increased disassociation I am seeing in my teen clients. Dissociation is a break in how your mind handles information. Teens (and others) experiencing dissociation may feel...
Jun 8, 2020 | Teen Counseling
Finding out your child/teen is engaging in self-harming behaviors can throw any parent into a whirlwind of emotions- fear, anger, sadness, and confusion (just to name a few). Understanding why your child would harm their body can be very difficult. I intend to shed...
May 29, 2020 | Teen Counseling
I know, none of us want to talk about this let alone think that our tween or teen could get to this point. It’s a tough topic to address for so many, yet I believe one of the most critical. I propose that while your teenager may be okay, he or she knows of someone who...
May 8, 2020 | Teen Counseling
The hormonal waves are crashing. The mood swings might cause whiplash. The overwhelming sense that this child’s body is dictating their whole world. It’s puberty. I decided to write about some challenges girls face in puberty because I have witnessed the distress in...
