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Is Your Child Scared By Halloween? A Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Offers Help
It’s almost Halloween! My favorite holiday of the year – why? Because it’s not possible to be perfect on Halloween, and I embrace the imperfect. Other holidays have a perfect image we measure our own celebration by, but not Halloween! On this one day, the gory and the grimy rule.
Blips and Bumps Happen
Everyone says raising a child is easy right? Like riding a bike—once you learn how, you’ll always know how and it will never change? Wrong, oh so wrong. When it comes to raising kids, things are constantly changing.
ADAA Members Share Their Knowledge on Social Anxiety
On October 11, 2018, ADAA held a Twitter chat under the title #SocialAnxietyADAA. ADAA members Debra Kissen and Holly Scott answered questions on the signs and symptoms of social anxiety as well as coping tips and strategies.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…You Are the Ugliest of All Says Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Peggy, an attorney in her late 30s, establishes rituals to protect herself from aging and in her mind, becoming ugly.
When Reassurance is Hurting Your Child More Than Helping
“Do you promise you’ll pick me up later?”
“Are you sure I’m not sick?”
“Do you promise it will be OK?”
Childhood Depression
Rates of childhood depression have been rising in the last several years. Yet, information and awareness about childhood depression has not caught on at the same rate. Millions of people across the world wonder and doubt if children can get depressed.
Is There Really an App for That? – Therapy Apps for Depression and Anxiety
In a recent article, USA Today explored the growing field of apps targeted towards mental health and mental health treatments.
Where are Mommy and Daddy?! The Traumatic Impact of Separating Families
The current border crisis where children are being forcibly separated from their parents has many of us wondering about the impact of such a practice.
Depression Treatment – It Works
Updated October 2020
What You Need to Know About Treatment and Medication Options
Talking to Children and Teens After a School Shooting
With the deluge of information on this event, it is highly likely that your children, preteens, and teens have heard a lot about the event and may have even seen some of the video coverage of the shooting itself and the aftermath.
Helping Children Survive the Emotional Aftermath of a Hurricane
No parent has adequate words to explain the destruction that nature causes. When our children ask us the big questions, such as “Why?” or “What is going to happen next?” after a flood, earthquake or hurricane has destroyed their home, community or disrupted daily life, adults can get stuck
Clinical Kung Fu: Managing Anger in Children and Teens with Anxiety Disorders
Kids and teens often react with anger to the prospect of facing their fears.
