Am I Losing My Mind?

    With all the changes that have been occurring in our environments our minds have entered survival mode. As our community is placed in shelter-in-place, families across the board have had to quickly adjust and get acclimated to many new challenges like...

Importance of Emotional Connection in the Family Unit

  During the COVID-19 mandated shelter-in-place many people are feeling dysregulated while they are finding peace with their new normal. As we know humans are social creatures and we crave connectivity for survival. During times like this when we are forced to...

Adolescents Need for Structure

  During the school break this holiday season, many students find themselves without structure during their day. Although the break from school is something they look forward to and celebrate it may cause trouble when there is a clear lack of structure....

The Love Language of Children, Acts of Service

  Welcome back to the series about how children feel loved. Today we move away from gift giving and into acts of service. Have you ever felt loved when someone went out of their way to pick you up, go on an errand for you, or clean up something they didn’t...

Parentification

  A theme that comes up frequently when working with teens, and with adults as well, is parentification. This is a big, fancy word for the roles of parent and child being reversed, not to a complete extent of literally living the other’s life, but by...