by April Bordeau | Mar 10, 2019 | anxiety, blog, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, mental health, teens
Marcia’s at her wits’ end. She knew raising a teenager wasn’t going to be easy, but Good Lord, this is just exhausting. She held out hope that things would get better after middle school, but that hasn’t happened. Everything has become a struggle. Lately, it’s been a...
by April Bordeau | Aug 20, 2018 | Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, teens
If you’re reading this because you’re not sure you want to go on living or know someone who feels hopeless. I understand. I don’t know you or your situation, but I’ve felt the same way. I used to think about suicide a lot, because it seemed like a way to make the...
by April Bordeau | Jun 18, 2018 | About Us, counseling approaches, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, teens
What exactly is the role of your teen’s therapist? We aren’t the parent. We didn’t give birth to your teen or raise them. We focus every session on them, but we’re not around or accessible 24/7, and we’re not here to enforce your family’s rules. We work hard to...
by April Bordeau | Jun 12, 2018 | counseling approaches, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, mental health, our professionals, stress, teens
STOP YELLING! CALM DOWN! We really do plan to be good parents. We go into parenthood hoping to make our children’s lives as wonderful as possible and help them grow into well-balanced adults. We promise ourselves that we’ll take deep breaths and reason with them,...
by April Bordeau | Mar 6, 2018 | anxiety, Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, mental health, teens
We know you want your daughter to succeed. We know you want your son to do well in school so he can get into a good college and a great career. We know you love your teens deeply and have their best interests at heart. But they’re not happy. I’m not talking...
by April Bordeau | Feb 20, 2018 | Hot Topics - News - Blog posts, parenting, teens
We don’t need the media to tell us that our kids are the most connected generation ever. It’s obvious. Youngsters and teens seem to constantly be attached to technology, often using several devices simultaneously. They never knew life before the internet … in fact,...
