Published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, an Oregon State University study examined the effect of both religion and spirituality on a teen and a teen’s mental health. Both religion and spirituality play a different role in helping teens regulate themselves. Religion seemed to help teens regulate their behaviors while spirituality helped teens regulate their…
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The origins of the international ‘marijuana holiday’ are vague, but may have started somewhere in northern california in the 1970s. For the past few decades the use of the term “420” has evolved and become a thematic part of marijuana counter culture. Every year on April 20th, marijuana users around the world gather together to…
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Teenagers need much more physical exercise than adults do. Adults can get away with anywhere between twenty to thirty minutes of exercise a day. With their high energy, raging hormones, and need for mental stimulation, teenagers need at least sixty minutes of exercise every day, preferably outdoors. Getting a teen off of their technological devices…
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More than 2,000 young people who had graduated high school within the last one to two years took part in two national surveys, the data of which was analyzed by researchers at Colorado State University. Young people in the surveys answered questions about driving with other people who were under the influence. Participants disclosed information…
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We heard it almost immediately when we told our teen or adolescent they’re going to treatment for addiction. I can’t. The list of I can’t’s is infinite. I can’t go. I can’t leave school. I can’t leave my friends. I can’t be without my phone. I can’t leave home. I can’t meet new people. I…
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Nothing hurts a parent’s heart more than watching a child obsess over their perceived failures while not giving any attention to their obvious accomplishments. We lament the fact that our children have gained such perfectionist qualities to the point of hurting their self-esteem. We want them to be able to recognize what good they do…
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Parents are just as familiar with catastrophizing as their teens are. Catastrophizing thought patterns tend to include a lot of “What if’s” followed by devastating assumptions. Parents who have watched their adolescent or teen struggle with active addiction have practically lived in a world of what if. What if they don’t come home? They’ll never…
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Why do we think the thoughts that we think? Why do we think our thoughts in the way that we think them? Until we go to therapy, we may never take the time to consider where some of our thoughts come from? Where did we pick up these narratives? When did we decide to believe…
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We are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis in our children, from elementary school age kids all the way to college. Increasingly, we are becoming aware of the many factors which are contributing to a decline in our children’s mental health. Modern issues like social media, phone, and technology addiction are causing tremendous problems for…
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The fixation on an event which caused trauma or anxiety is quickly remedied through EMDR practices and then transformed through the unique application of EMDR. Until that transformation can take place, you are at risk for being ‘stuck’ in the painful moment of the past. EMDR works because a skilled and licensed therapist knows how…
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