Moving to college involves adjusting to changes on many levels. Among these challenges is transferring to a new therapist and this can be difficult for a college student. While some therapists are licensed in multiple states, many are not. Continuing […]
Continue ReadingThe increase in adolescent suicidal and self-harming behaviors is alarming. Those of us who work with youth are increasingly hearing about, assessing, and treating (or referring for treatment) these very high risk, potentially fatal behaviors. Many of these young people […]
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An increasing number of states and jurisdictions are either decriminalizing or legalizing the possession, use and growth of marijuana, including most recently on July 1st in Maryland, where marijuana is now legal for those of us 21 and over. So, […]
Continue ReadingFor many years I trained to teenagers to become peer counselors. In the first class we would pose the question “Do you think teens tend to talk more to their peers or parents when they face a problem?”. They consistently […]
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Just when adults think they have figured out the tech world with enough knowledge to almost catch up to teens, a whole new and seismic shift is occurring. Artificial Intelligence, as you likely have been hearing more about, is from my […]
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The teen mental health crisis continues. 42% of teenagers report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and suicide rates and self-harm are increasing [1]. School shootings seem to be weekly occurrences, and kids are routinely practicing lockdown drills as part […]
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Teens are struggling. Suicide rates are rising. Self-harm is increasing. Black youth are committing suicide at double the rate of 15 years ago, girls are twice as likely to experience serious mental health symptom as boys, and almost half of […]
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A loaded and complex endeavor! The expansive landscape of research, philosophy, and interventional guidance on happiness is overwhelming. What it truly means to be happy is subjective, though generally, it means to feel well physically and emotionally, function with a sense of […]
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Our family is currently fostering a cat who had been taken to an animal shelter. She is sweet, loving, hungry, and easily started. The noise associated with simply turning a page in a book will instantly cause her to jump. […]
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While stress has become a ubiquitous experience for all of us, there are some unique developmental and neurobiological challenges for teens that heighten the impact of stress. Change is stressful. It has to be for humans to pay close enough attention to […]
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