Mental Health, Social Skills Training
What is Social Thinking?
What is Social Thinking? Social Thinking is a language-based teaching approach that focuses on social problem solving, cognitive flexibility and the emotions and points of view of others. Michelle Garcia Winner, a…
Adult & Couples Therapy, Mental Health
Executive Function Disorder in Adults
What is executive function? Executive function is a set of mental skills that help you get things done. It is the ability to do all that it takes in order…
Adult & Couples Therapy, Child & Adolescent Therapy, Mental Health
Reversing Habits in the New Year
Habit reversal training (HRT) is an evidence-based multicomponent behavioral treatment developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders/habit disorders. It is one of the most effective non-pharmacological treatments….
Child & Adolescent Therapy, Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
What Causes Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Kids?
Children who have a persistent pattern of explosive anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness towards their parents or other authority figures may have Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Signs of Oppositional…
Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
Parents: How to Use Labeled Praise
Here are some experiences that many parents can relate to: Your child comes to you with his math homework completed, and, barely looking up from the dinner you are preparing…
Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
Natural Consequences for Children & Teens
What is a Natural Consequence? Actively working on changing a child’s behavior involves two simultaneous approaches that target both increasing positive behaviors and decreasing negative behaviors. Positive behaviors are most…
Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
How to Get Along with Your Teenager
The teenage years can be tumultuous times for adolescents and their families leading to parents questioning “How can we get along better with our teen?” Although adolescence can be a…
Adult & Couples Therapy, Mental Health
Stress Around the Holidays
The holiday season brings a mixed bag of emotions for everyone. Once the Halloween candy enters the stores we have no choice but to embrace it and keep moving forward….
Child & Adolescent Therapy, Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
How to Handle Picky Eating in Children
Food – Friend or foe with the children in your home? Often parents share struggles that they have with their children and their eating habits. When gathering information from parents,…
Adult & Couples Therapy, Mental Health, Parenting & Family Therapy
Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One- How to Cope with Grief
The grief that ensues after losing a loved one to suicide is often very different than that experienced after losing someone to another cause. Survivors of suicide are often left…
