This year most high schools will be having graduation ceremonies. Due to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines, the CDC has acknowledged that it would be safe to hold graduation ceremonies again. Last year many high schools had traditional ceremonies and this year most high schools will be having graduation ceremonies. This is different from…
Many mental health clinicians and many people who have mental health issues agree that there is a big difference between how physical health and mental health are treated. In fact, most people agree there is a strong negative bias regarding mental health. The bias is so strong that many people who have mental health issues…
Many people assume Mother’s Day is a happy day for people because they can honor their mother. However, due to the pandemic and deaths due to the pandemic, Mothers Day this year maybe a very difficult day. We have many adults and children who are grieving the death of their mother or grandmother due to…
We have a tendency to look at teenagers as young adults due to their bodies. Most adolescent boys bodies and girls bodies tend to look like and function like adults. However, their brains do not function like a grown adult brain. The frontal lobes of the brain, which are responsible for reasoning, making decisions, are…
Hello – Thank you for taking time to read my blog. This is going to give you some insight to what is a Food-Sobriety program? I have talked about quite a bit on my YouTube Channel talk show Most Things Hypnosis (find Central Valley Hypnotherapy) – Taking the word “Sobriety” meaning ‘ to abstain’ –…
As a result of the pandemic many students have experienced remote schooling and periods of time when they were quarantined to stay home. These changes resulted in a change in their schedules. Many teenagers were able to start school later and some were able to set their own daily schedules. As a result, many…
Last weekend at the Academy Awards, Will Smith educated the entire world about anger and mental health issues. I say the entire world because the Academy Awards is broadcast world wide and the entire world is discussing the incident. The first thing Will Smith demonstrated is that as a society we still have issues handling…
We all know that too often sleep either doesn’t come easily or lasts long enough. A recent National Sleep Foundation poll found that adults need an average of 7.5 – 8 hours of sleep a night. That sounds lovely, but how often does that happen for you on consecutive nights? ….So many of us are consistently unable to shut…
Relationships. This is what research is showing us: “People who work on their relationships and stay in relationships are happier”, explains Dr. Waldinger in summarizing the Harvard Study of Adult Development that followed more than 700 men from 1938 until now. The research found that: The social connection appears to be a strong predictor of…
So you or someone you love is a student working online….at the clinic we find that students have been hit pretty hard with mental health challenges since the pandemic including increased anxiety, loneliness, and even hopelessness. It’s been hard to adapt to online learning and stay inspired! For online learning, you have to set boundaries,…