Treating Depression in Children

  Has your child been acting out lately? Have they been complaining about COVID-19 and not seeing their friends as often? Wouldn’t it be nice if children came with an instruction manual for when they may need a tune up? They may be depressed. Some children...

How to Control the Urge to Shop

  With the holidays ending and the stores swiftly moving towards valentine’s day decorations, door buster sales are hard to ignore. We see the commercials and social media ads. It becomes hard not to make that pit stop to the holiday clearance section of...

The Best Communication Technique

    If I only had five minutes to change someone’s life, I would give them this DEARMAN tool.  A DEARMAN is a communication tool from dialectical behavior therapy which was designed by Marsha Linehan.1 It is a tool that helps us to connect and...

Boundaries with Pre-teens

  Being the parent of a child will seem like a blessing and a struggle all at the same time. From what I hear from parents and child-development, that’s normal and you’re not alone or “doing it wrong.” If you have a child who is considered...