Parents often attempt to reach out to their teens and just can’t connect in a positive way. What has gone wrong?

Recognizing and breaking negative patterns is key to a teen’s personal growth.

How do we know if your teen’s behavior is simply part of the stormy, emotional nature of adolescence—or if it could be something like ADHD?

For teens with ADHD, this time of year can trigger feelings of anxiety, frustration, and exhaustion. However, there are ways to manage the stress.

Neurodivergence is biological in nature, but depression can a comorbidity with other diagnoses and experiences.

One of the most pervasive and consistent issues I see in practice with teens with ADHD has to do with waking up in the morning.

The anticipation of a new school year can be really daunting. It can be helpful to give your teen some practical strategies to make this transition easier.

Organization, procrastination, avoidance are something many teens struggle with. Often consequences don’t work. So what may work?

Most adolescents struggling with mental health first present with a shut-down in their communication.

Oftentimes, when our teenagers approach us with problems, they aren’t asking for advice but looking for us to be supportive and acknowledge that what they are feeling is difficult.

And all of us have beliefs about ourselves that have influenced decisions we have made and have affected our ability to handle the curves that life sends us.

Gratitude. Simple in concept, but difficult in practice. Be grateful for what you have and show appreciation for others, sounds easy right?

SCREENS! Some parents see them as the bane of their existence, and other parents feel too overwhelmed to fight the seduction of social media.

As you and others learn about the many causes of complex trauma, you are then in the best position to support your adolescent, or other teens, who are living with its effects.

In order to begin to check the facts, we need to identify the facts of the promoting event that triggered our emotion. We can ask ourselves “Do our emotions fit the facts of the situation”?

When we envision who our teens will become, as they discover who they are, we have to let go of who we thought they would be.

I recommend this book for coping with daily anxiousness, because we often focus on the more intense events that trigger our anxiety.

Teens are hormonal and it can be a roller coaster for the entire family! Teens feel their feelings more intensely.

My first tip for managing teen anxiety for parents would be to validate your teens feelings of anxiousness.

DBT teaches your teen actionable in the moment skills to manage intense emotions. DBT focuses on learning to balance acceptance and change.