It’s summer and most kids are having fun. While kids are having fun, parents are thinking about the upcoming school year, especially if their children are beginning High School, College or Kindergarten. However, there is another important beginning for children, Middle School. This is a major transition for pre-adolescents. As a psychotherapist who works with…
Back in the early 2000s, my teenage years were…difficult. As a transracial adoptee, living in White Suburbia, my identity formation was particularly fragmented, my urges to numb outweighed my hopes for the future, and my sense of belonging was built on self-betrayal as I attempted to fit in. My inner teen is beside herself as…
It’s summer time and many teenagers are out swimming, driving and skateboarding just to name a few summer activities. In addition if they play high school sports or traveling sports, they may be attending practice over the summer. The main sport at this time of year is football and cheerleading goes along with it. Summer…
Parents, teachers and students have been worried about mass shootings and school shootings for years. Many children are afraid to go to school because they are afraid of being killed at school. Many children are frightened by the mass shooter drills which occur at school. It makes sense why students, teachers and parents would worry…
As an adolescent psychotherapist one of the major issues I deal with is respect. Teenagers feel disrespected by their parents and parents feel dissected by their teenagers. At this time of year with seniors graduating high school and eighth graders beginning high school many teenagers believe they are entitled to more respect because they are…
Starting therapy at a young age in the face, specially when the child has experienced a traumatic event, is important for several reasons: Early intervention and prevention: Trauma, particularly when experienced during childhood, can have long-lasting effects on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being. By starting therapy early, it is possible to intervene and…
Many adults and teenagers are currently concerned about their weight and how their bodies look due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. For almost two years adults and teenagers were confined to their homes. Furthermore, as things started to open up, gyms were the last places authorized to open. This resulted in many adults and teenagers not…
How much are you willing to sacrifice, to pay, to know that you can live a life without nicotine? How do you do you decide that? Answer these questions – How much do you pay for a pack of cigarettes? $ _____ How much do you smoke a day? A pack of cigarettes is 20…
Supervision in counselling is when a professional counsellor uses the services of another counsellor or psychotherapist to review the way they work with their clients. Supervision is a key requirement by many reputed professional counselling membership and regulatory bodies such as the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) to ensure all counsellors in practice…
Its summer time and many things are reopening and many teenagers are looking forward to spending time hanging out with their friends. Many teenagers want to drive around town or go to Santa Cruz with their friends. Many parents worry about their teenagers driving other teenagers around and they worry about what the teenagers may…