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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Often times bipolar disorder is thought of as an illness that effects mostly young adults, and while the average age of bipolar disorder is around the age of 21, younger children and teens can also be...
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Saving the Lives of Butterflies: Part 2
It’s been a few months since I first introduced The Butterfly Project to the high school kids I work with (if you haven’t already, you can check out my post entitled “Saving the Lives of Butterflies”)....
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Parental Favoritism Creates Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents
It’s very early in the school year and one thing I’ve noticed is that more and more of the students that are getting referred to me for counseling aren’t the typical “bad apples” or “lost” kids, but...
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Understanding Teenage Girls: Motivations and Psychological Meanings in...
The other night I happened to catch a television reunion of the reality show Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. I stared at the screen in not so much as shock as pity as I watched four different women vie for...
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One Mother’s Experience with Bipolar Disorder and the Importance of Support...
The other day I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with a former client’s mother about her experiences dealing with her now 19 year old daughter, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at...
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I Want To Have A Light-Skinned Baby: The Affects Of Colorism On Black...
Today in a small group of teenage girls that consisted of one Asian-Haitian-American female, one Haitian-American female and one African-American female, seemingly out of nowhere, the Haitian-American...
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Your Teenager Needs and Wants Your Guidance
If you are a parent of a teenager, you probably have worried at one point in time about the many issues that face them including drugs, alcohol and tobacco use, dangerous driving, sexual activity,...
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Motivating Your Unmotivated Teen Part One: Understanding Motivation
The other day while counseling a fifteen year old boy with very little motivation, failing grades and a poor attitude that is driving his mother crazy, I found myself thinking, how can I motivate him...
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Motivating Your Unmotivated Teen Part 2: Understanding Change
In part one we started discussing the importance of having a good relationship with your adolescent in order to help facilitate motivation and change. Often times, too many parents try to motivate...
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Signs Your Teen May Need To See A Counselor
Very often I have parents ask me if I think their teen needs counseling. They will tell me about different behaviors they have observed and pretty much ask me if it is “normal”. The advice I normally...
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