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Family-Friendly Therapeutic Games for Your Home
Games are a fun and meaningful way to connect with your family. And they’re a great tool for reinforcing skills that children often work on in therapy! As a therapist, I work with clients of all ages, and one of my favorite ways to support skill-building that carries...
Supporting a Survivor of Sexual Assault
It can be overwhelming to hear that someone you care for has been sexually assaulted or abused. This person needs your support and friendship now more than ever, and you want to be helpful – but what do you say? It’s important to first understand that every survivor...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: How You Can Help (Part 2)
When people think of various services for people with autism spectrum disorder, they most often think of professionals who are board certified behavior analysts, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, etc. While that is certainly correct, counselors...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: What You Need to Know (Part 1)
April is Autism Awareness Month and April 2, 2017 was the ninth annual World Autism Awareness Day. In an effort to increase awareness and advocacy of what autism is and how beneficial counseling can be for individuals (or family members impacted by someone) on the...
10 Books for Kids Experiencing Divorce
Books can be quite valuable for helping children and teenagers better understand and cope with a variety of issues, including the subject of divorce. Reading about characters who are going through the same thing and experiencing the same reactions, can truly go a long...
Boosting Your Self-Esteem
According to Google’s definition, self-esteem is: "confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect" …which is accurate, but feels like an over-simplified definition of everything it entails. Self-esteem depicts how people value themselves; it shapes how we...
Play Is The Language Of Children
Birds fly, fish swim, and children play.–Garry Landreth, Author of Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship Play therapy was developed with the knowledge that play is the language of children. While it is often therapeutic for adults to talk things over with a...
Help Your Teen Have a Healthy Dating Relationship
In honor of February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, it seems like a good time to shed light on the issue of teen dating relationships. It’s a startling reality that 1 out of 3 adolescents will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from a dating...
Counseling 101: Questions You Want Answered…But May Be Afraid to Ask
What Is Counseling? Counseling (which is synonymous with therapy) literally means “to help” and/or “provide guidance” to someone. Generally, when people seek counseling, they are seeking professional help with something in their or a loved one’s life. Counseling can...
The Aging Brain: What’s Normal and What’s Not?
In 2014, there were 46.2 million Americans over the age of 65, which represents about 14.5% of the U.S. population. By 2040, this number is expected to rise to over 81 million, and by 2060, almost 100 million. With this significant increase in the aging population...
Why Are You Still Saying “Yes”?
Admit it: you say “yes” to others way more often than you want to. You are not alone – so often people say “yes” when they really want to say “no”, but why do we do this, and how can we stop this? Let’s explore a few of the reasons why we say yes and why we don’t want...