Supporting an anxious child can be difficult. Here are 5 ways to decrease stress in your home by effectively support your child’s anxiety.
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I like to use imagery to explain how counseling works. In this article, I explain to you in a very simple way how counseling can not only improve your emotional wellness, but it can also physically change how your brain.
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Feelings are just temporary, and the opportunity to change them exists. Here are a few suggestions to help you feel better and move forward in a positive way when feeling down.
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Our childhood experiences lay the foundation for who we are, what we believe, and where we are going in life. It is during childhood, that we come to understand ourselves in relation to others. What we learn as a child becomes the basis of what we call normal. Through our experiences, we create a story of who we are and what we deserve in life.
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Journaling is a very effective tool for children and adolescents to utilize when feeling stressed and overwhelmed. It encourages mindfulness, creativity, and allows children a safe space to express themselves.
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When children take part in excessive online gaming, they are training their brains to use the lower level functioning part of their brains, a part of their brain that all animals have, rather than the higher functioning part of brain that is unique to humans. As a result, rather than stopping and thinking before acting, they are training their brains to react with survival instincts.
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During my tenure at an inpatient eating disorder treatment center, I learned a variety of tools that help when regularly practiced to retrain our brains to accept, appreciate, and value our bodies for all they do for us.
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