Recently I published a new post on Anxiety over at Psychology Today. The post covered the following key points: Anxiety often presents through an array of physical and emotional symptoms. You can learn and practice immediate self-help interventions to calm your body and mind. There are multiple traditional and non-traditional modalities of professional support that … Read more
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is often considered a childhood condition. However, it’s essential to understand that it doesn’t magically disappear once you reach adulthood.
One of the biggest challenges faced in the world of mental health treatment is misdiagnosis and inaccurate psychological assessments. Aspiring Families have decades of experience in diagnosing and treating simple to some of the most complex psychological conditions.
In this post, I will discuss one of these alternative interventions, neurofeedback therapy.
Neurofeedback therapy is an outpatient, FDA, non-invasive, no-side effects, evidence based EEG training process that enhances our functioning and performance in multiple domains.
With students going back to school, it’s crucial that they learn how to protect their mental well-being as they navigate through tough times. Here are some strategies for staying mentally well in school.
Burdened with traumatic world events, such as wars and COVID, it is hard to expect our children to thrive, under the additional threats of school gun violence.
As the rates of depression and anxiety soar amongst teens and college students, the waitlists for psychiatrists and psychologists continue to grow.
Research demonstrates that pet therapy and equine assisted therapy and the human-animal bond can have a multitude of positive effects on mood, sleep, health, and behavior.
Colleges should also seriously consider obtaining releases to contact parents if they have concerns about students’ well-being. Early intervention is prevention, and family members can be a critical source of support, and can, perhaps, prevent fatal choices of depressed students.
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