Kids and Anxiety: How Parents Can Help

anxious kid on stairs

While it may be difficult for an adult to understand the fears of young children, those anxieties can seem very real and scary particularly to a child between the ages of three and six. As a parent, the best approach you can take in helping to soothe your child’s fears is to first model calmness and reassurance.

Gratitude Journaling: The Power of Being Grateful

Journaling is a well-known and widely used practical approach to gain insight and clarity by processing your emotions on paper. Over the past decade, gratitude journaling has gained popularity for its benefits, including better sleep, fewer symptoms of illness, and more happiness among adults and kids.

Stress, Self-Care, & Your Kids

stress, self-care, family

Practicing self care as a family supports the relational bond and is a constructive way to model healthy and effective skills to manage future stressors.

A Closer Look at Your Inner Dialogue

What you think can affect your health to a greater degree than you might realize. So, let’s take a closer look at your inner dialogue. “Negativity can actually change your brain chemistry,” says Loretta Graziano Breuning, PhD, author of “Habits of a Happy Brain.” She notes that when people default … Read More

Finding the Right Therapist

We’ve put together a list of questions that may be helpful for you to ask as you are considering who to choose as a therapist!

Time to Play!

Beginning from birth, there are a variety of ways that caregivers can use play to help their children achieve their developmental milestones.

Stress, Self-Care & Your Kids

Practicing self care as a family supports the relational bond and is a constructive way to model healthy and effective skills to manage future stressors.