Focus on Internet Safety

As someone who works with adolescents, you probably know a lot about what they face. In addition to the social...

The Importance of Learning About Trauma

As a professional in the field of addiction recovery or mental health, you know the basics of trauma-informed care. You...

The Benefits of Continued Learning

Mental health care professionals have minimum requirements for continued learning in order to renew and maintain their...

Replacing Defeatism With Empowerment

Many adolescents with substance abuse issues and mental health diagnoses feel completely defeated and may even be at...

Why Failure Is the Ultimate F-Word

The word failure is far too common in the vocabulary of adolescents. Whether they have heard it from teachers, parents,...

Helping Clients Discover New Thinking for a New Year

Approaching the new year creates the opportunity for reflection and change. While many people create resolutions to...

Divorce, Co-Parenting, and Forgiveness

While marital issues are between the parents, specifically the decision to get a divorce, unfortunately, that decision...

Why Is It Harder to Forgive Family Members?

Forgiveness is never easy. Being hurt or wronged by someone else is difficult, and it is human nature to feel pain. Yet...

Watching for Increases in Holiday Depression and Suicide

The holidays often bring an increase in depression for adolescents, often because of loneliness or feeling like others...

Helping Adolescents Manage Family Drama During the Holidays

A mid adult mother and teen daughter listen to the unrecognizable mid adult female counselor. Most adolescents do not...

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