WEEKLY INTERVENTION IDEAS: JUNE 28TH EDITION
Calm/Safe Place- Kid version: Help your client imagine a place where they feel calm, safe, and/or peaceful.
Tag Archive for: Mental Health
The Importance of Trans Youth Allies
Allies are so important to adolescent psychosocial identity development and mental health well-being. Adolescence is a key developmental period where youth are exploring and forming identity.
Trauma Awareness and Treatment Options
The American Psychological Association (APA) defines trauma as a “an emotional response” to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster. You may have directly experienced a terrible event, learned about a terrible event happening to a close friend/ family member, or had a frightening experience in which there was actual or threatened death, injury, or violence.
Men’s Mental Health Week
Awareness, prevention, education, and treatment are key aspects for mental health wellness. For men, factors such as social norms, reluctance to seek help, stigma, lack of culturally-competent care, or minimization of symptoms can make it difficult to get treatment for these common mental health problems that are prevalent among men.
Father’s Day 2021
This Father’s Day, let’s not forget about dad! While mothers play a significant role in a child’s overall wellness, fathers-influence-development-and-well-being too!
Identity & Therapy at CARE Counseling
CARE is “outside the box” to eliminate boxes as gender does not fit neatly into an either-or checkbox.
Self Talk in a Digital World
For the past few decades we have become increasingly connected thanks to technology. Now, thanks to the global pandemic that began in 2020, we are closer than ever before.
WEEKLY INTERVENTION IDEAS: MAY 31ST EDITION
Accepting Differences: One way to work with kids and teens on fostering healthy relationships is by building skills around empathy. An aspect of practicing empathy is learning to accept and appreciate differences.
WEEKLY INTERVENTION IDEAS: MAY 24TH EDITION
Grow with Care: Learning self-care in fun and creative ways makes it more likely that kids/teens may use as they grow up. One kind of self-care that can be made into a game is mindfulness.
