Domestic Violence. Intimate Partner Violence. Bullying. Stalking. All are acts of violence and abuse. It doesn’t matter what it’s called. It is damaging, causing pain and injury with the impact being far-reaching. Domestic violence or Intimate partner...
In my work with teens, parents often ask me about how to navigate the ever-changing and sometimes scary world of teen social media. Perhaps the most worrisome social media app for many parents is the popular app SnapChat, which allows users to send photos to one...
If you find yourself sitting (and sweating) at a high school graduation ceremony this June watching your teenager walk across a stage, cap and gown on, a million photos taken, planning grad parties, buying Hawaiian lei’s, you are most likely a parent that finds...
Stress. Just seeing or hearing that word might evoke a reaction out of you, for most of us this is not a new topic, in fact, it is an issue that we are all too familiar with. Whether you are overworked, underpaid, bogged down with school or bills, young or old, we all...
A lapse or relapse is a dysregulation of neurochemicals, a return to old behaviors. We hear the terms lapse and relapse used often in reference to people who use substances. But we can also apply it to other behaviors, such as acting out in rage or anger,...
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