Mental Health Tips for
THE HOLIDAY BLUES
What are Holiday Blues?Do you ever feel like when the holidays are approaching your mental health starts declining? If you answered yes to that question, you are not alone. The Holiday…
Mental Health Tips for
Recognizing the Causes of Your Child’s Disruptive Behavior
Anxiety, which is the most common mental health disorder among young people, affects one in eight children and more than 30% of adolescents in the United States. Yet the condition…
Understanding Your Child’s Tantrums and Meltdowns
Every parent has experienced it. Their young child or toddler can’t have the toy they want or that extra cookie they ‘need,’ and chaos ensues. The child is inconsolable, lying…
Childhood Fears and How to Manage Them
“Mommy, there’s a monster under my bed. I’m scared!” Children of all ages experience fear. And while it is heartbreaking for a parent to witness, it is a normal part…
Is Your Child Depressed?
As any parent can attest, children – especially, those in their teens – are hard to figure out. The adolescent years are a time when kids pull away from their…
Addressing Your Child’s Anxiety During COVID-19
This past year has been one of sacrifice, adjustments, new normal and a whole lot of anxiety. Uncertainty about our safety coupled with disruptions to routines have put us on…
Helping Kids Cope in a Pandemic
It’s been more than a full year since we first learned of COVID-19. Over the past 12 months, the effects of the global pandemic have been devastating to our economy,…
