Despite how television ads depict the holiday season, for many people this can be a time of great ambivalence and emotional overwhelm. There is a universal expectation and cultural push...
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Approximately 1 in 4 adult women and 1 in 7 adult men report having experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Now more than ever with kids being homeschooled, staying in place, and more disconnected from peers and outside activities, clinicians need to ask questions about excessive video gaming and the...
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In order to better understand clients’ destructive behaviors, distorted cognitions, or shame-based, negative affect, clinicians understand the importance of putting clients’ “symptoms” and struggles in a historical context. Learn three...
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I was recently listening to a call-in radio show where a parent lamented the fact that her son had turned down an engineering scholarship and deferred starting college so he...
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I just had the privilege of giving the keynote address, “Trauma and Attachment” to a large group of clinicians at a conference in Kentucky. Although these were seasoned and extremely...
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I recently had the privilege of providing a series of trainings to educators across Canada. My focus was to help teachers, school counselors, and administrators understand the impact that dysfunctional family...
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I think there is a common belief within our culture that as kids evolve into adolescence they need less and less guidance and supervision. After all, their primary developmental milestone...
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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This issue is far more prevalent than people think. In the Unites States one in three teens will experience emotional, sexual, or physical...
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Two great quotes can be found in Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research Based Guide: “The adolescent brain is often likened to a car with a fully functioning...
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