You find yourself waking up panicking that your baby has stopped breathing. Your partner is caring for your child while you are out. But, you find yourself needing hourly check-ins. Otherwise, you feel the sense of dread creeping up on you. You don’t let anyone else watch your baby because you’re so afraid of whatContinue reading “Handling Fear With A Newborn”
Category Archives: Children and Teens
Healing From Childhood Trauma With EMDR
The past is holding you back, and you know the trauma you experienced as a child is weighing you down. The time to deal with it is now, but how? How in the world do you process something so big and heavy? You’re still so affected that you almost can’t talk about it. How canContinue reading “Healing From Childhood Trauma With EMDR”
4 Signs Your Child Could Benefit from Play or Art Therapy
For children, opening up about their emotions can be challenging. If you are the parent of a child who is going through a difficult time, you may worry that your attempts to support and help them aren’t getting very far. Every time you try to get through to your child, they clam up. Or maybeContinue reading “4 Signs Your Child Could Benefit from Play or Art Therapy”
5 Benefits of Trauma Therapy
We will all likely go through some experience of trauma in our life. As a result, we will all likely seek some form of trauma therapy. Trauma has a wide range. It can be something like a breakup or car accident. It can be things like childhood abuse, intimate partner violence, or the loss ofContinue reading “5 Benefits of Trauma Therapy”
5 Daily Coping Strategies to Manage SAD
Do you feel like your mood dips as the weather gets colder? The short days and long nights seem to bring down your spirits. You find yourself losing interest in your favorite hobbies. Maybe you even feel like it’s hard to get out of bed some days. And to your frustration, this happens every yearContinue reading “5 Daily Coping Strategies to Manage SAD”
Does My Teen Need Therapy?
Lately, you’re concerned about your teenager. In fact, you’ve been wondering if therapy for teens could help with warning signs. Maybe they haven’t been interested in connecting with their friends as much as they used to. Perhaps their teacher has called you to talk about how they have been doing in school. Or maybe they’veContinue reading “Does My Teen Need Therapy?”
5 Ways to Help Your Kids Deal with Stress During the Pandemic
COVID-19 has been stressful for everyone. We have found that many parents are asking how they can help their kids during the pandemic. For many children, this has been an especially confusing time. Perhaps your own child has been feeling overwhelmed lately. Maybe they have had to attend school online, and they miss seeing friendsContinue reading “5 Ways to Help Your Kids Deal with Stress During the Pandemic”
4 Things to Let Go of During Quarantine
Quarantine sucks, especially for moms. We’re the gatekeepers of our family’s routine, the trackers of all the things. One would think that cutting off all social interaction and isolating at home would give us some reprieve—a break from the chaos of keeping track of birthday parties, invites and presents; juggling school or sports practice pick-upsContinue reading “4 Things to Let Go of During Quarantine”
What is Online Therapy?
Therapy has completely changed since COVID 19. None of us could ever have imagined that at any point in our lives, therapy would be done almost completely online. But, COVID 19 has caused so many changes in our day to day lives. So being able to start psychotherapy from the comfort of your own homeContinue reading “What is Online Therapy?”