When you or your teen attend therapy sessions, one great way to increase your progress is to bring a note pad or journal.

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

If in your efforts to help your teen succeed in school you find yourself taking on their responsibility, you might be getting in the way of the opportunities you are trying to create.

March is Self-Harm Awareness Month, and we at Mindful Healing are putting a special focus on this common concerns for parents of teens.

When your teen’s behaviors and mood changes are consistent and unrelenting, it is a cause for concern.

There’s no clear answer as to how long it will take, or even what necessarily will be accomplished when. So how do we know that therapy is working?

Performing a random act of kindness can make the benefiting party feel good, but it can also have positive impacts on the person giving the nice gesture!

Here are some tips to help you support your teen while allowing them to manage this next step in moving towards full adulthood.

Trends come and go. So how do we parent our teens in the modern world without jumping on and off the latest popular bandwagon?

The reputation now so often precedes the diagnosis that the subtler forms and signs of ADHD are often missed entirely, despite the fact that their effects are still very much felt.

Self-worth is important for all of us. It’s especially so for today’s adolescents as they deal with pressures to excel, participate, and do this, but not that.

All change and transitions trigger to some extent, anxiety. Some changes and transitions are devastating, and some are exciting.

“Riding the wave” sounds like a surfing term. When you think of it this way, it’s easy to see why it is an apt phrase to use when dealing with feelings.

As parents, our fantasy is to have wonderful holiday family gatherings. Alas, it doesn’t always play out like that. What can you do?

This blog reviews how you can tell who provides comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) or if you already have a DBT counselor and want to be sure they offer comprehensive care. 

Often we feel so overwhelmed with all the things we have to do that we sometimes forget that the holidays are mostly to celebrate being with family.

Addiction would show up by the response when you start to limit screen time if you do it correctly. That IF is important.

Your teen’s life is busy, and so is yours. You’re both looking for ways to incorporate dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) tips and tools into life.

Hearing about a crisis makes you wonder how people manage to go on. At the same time, you’re not sure if the trouble you or a friend is having is a crisis or something else.  

ADHD can affect a lot of different aspects and areas of life, and make things feel more difficult than they could be.