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What Parents get Wrong about Teens and Sexting
If you’re a parent of a teenager, the topic of sexting has likely crossed your mind and maybe kept you up at night. The thought of your teen sending or receiving sexually explicit images can trigger panic, shame, and a desperate need to control the situation. But here’s what many parents get wrong.
ADHD and Anxiety in Children
If your child has ADHD, there’s a good chance they’re also dealing with anxiety. These two conditions often occur together and have a significant impact on each other.
How to Support Transgender Teens
Being a transgender teen today comes with unique challenges. Between navigating their identity, facing potential discrimination, and managing the typical pressures of adolescence, young trans people need supportive adults in their lives more than ever.
Somatic Tools for Calming the Nervous System
When stress and trauma overwhelm us, it drains us both mentally and physically. The nervous system begins releasing stress hormones, heart rate rises, and muscles tense in preparation for fight or flight.
From Surviving to Thriving: Couples in Recovery After Infidelity
Having your trust and loyalty betrayed is a gut-wrenching feeling. It shakes intimacy, stability, and the entire structure of a relationship.
How Therapy Helps You Rewire the Trauma Response
Trauma leaves a lasting imprint on our memory, body, and brain as well. For many people, reminders of past trauma can trigger overwhelming reactions including panic, dissociation, or an emotional shutdown.
Micro-ruptures, Major Impact: The Power of Daily Repairs in Relationships
Every relationship experiences friction. But it’s not just the big arguments or life-changing decisions that shape connection.
How Does a Fear of Failure Play into Social Anxiety?
Social anxiety often centers on fear: of judgment, embarrassment, or doing something “wrong” in front of others. Beneath these fears, something deeper lurks: fear of failure.
Teens and Social Media: Why Disconnecting Can Help Them Reconnect
For better or worse, we live in a highly connected world, where entertainment and social media are closely interwoven. Teens engage heavily with Twitch, YouTube, Snapchat, and Discord.
Couples and Conflict Avoidance: Why “We Never Fight” Isn’t Always Healthy
At first glance, a couple that never fights might sound like the perfect relationship.