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Parenting Effectively When You Both Have ADHD: Tips for Success
May 17, 2018 .
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When you have attention-deficit hyperactivity, managing the demands of adult life—working, paying bills on time, completing necessary tasks, and so on—can be enough of a challenge when ... Read More
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How Dance/Movement Therapy Can Help Kids Learn to Regulate Emotions
May 17, 2018 .
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Children often make discoveries through physical actions such as running, walking, playing, and scribbling. Their inner worlds manifest through these physical experiences. When a child ... Read More
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Letter to My Anxiety: I’ve Met Someone Else. Her Name Is Hope.
May 16, 2018 .
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Dear Anxiety, Hello, old friend. I wanted to take some time out and thank you. You have always been a steady voice in my life, ever since I was young. We began getting closer back then, ... Read More
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What Does It Mean to Be Resilient and Can Anyone Do It?
May 16, 2018 .
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I’ve been amazed by the strength and resolve shown by students after the Parkland school shooting and by the brave women who have spoken out about their sexual harassment and abuse experiences. ... Read More
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Is Your Teen Pregnant? She Needs Your Parenting More Than Ever
May 15, 2018 .
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You have discovered your teenage daughter is pregnant. Suddenly, teenage pregnancy is no longer just part of a dramatic storyline in a television show, or something that happens to someone ... Read More
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How Are You Feeling? Take a Minute to HALT for Your Health
May 15, 2018 .
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How do you feel right now? Great? Okay? Not so good? If you aren’t feeling your best, taking a moment to HALT is one of the best things you can do for your overall mental and physical ... Read More
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Conversion Disorder, Complex Trauma, and the Mind-Body Connection
May 14, 2018 .
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“If we could somehow end child abuse and neglect, the eight hundred pages of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (and the need for the easier explanations such ... Read More
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Top 10 Myths: A Guide to Everything OCD Is Not
May 13, 2018 .
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“I need to go organize my planner. I’m so OCD.” “I’m obsessed with color-coding my pens and ordering my books by size and color. That’s my inner OCD talking.” OCD, short for ... Read More
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Stop Stigma: 12 Inspiring Quotes About Mental Health
May 12, 2018 .
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This Mental Health Awareness Month, GoodTherapy.org seeks to emphasize that mental health is a human experience. Symptoms and circumstances of mental health concerns come in nearly unlimited ... Read More
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What Mother’s Day Means for Mental Health
May 11, 2018 .
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The month of May. Tulips and daffodils remind us that spring is a time for growth and change. May is not only Mental Health Awareness Month, it is also the month in which many celebrate ... Read More
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When Mother’s Day Is Hard to Celebrate
May 11, 2018 .
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Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday in May. Greeting card stores and flower shops go to great lengths to remind customers that many people have, or have had, mothers to celebrate. ... Read More
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When the Going Gets Tough: The Case for Sticking with It
May 10, 2018 .
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” At least, that’s what the old saying claims. But this adage could be taken two ways. Do these figurative tough people get going on ... Read More
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Improving Quality of Life for People Who Have Dementia
May 23, 2018 . No CommentsDementia is a group of conditions involving a loss of brain function. Dementia can affect memory, cognition, and executive function. In advanced stage ... Read More
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Child and Teen Suicide Attempts More Than Double in 7 Years
May 21, 2018 . No CommentsThe number of children and adolescents hospitalized for suicide attempts or suicidal thoughts has more than doubled since 2008, new data published in Pediatrics ... Read More
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Can Taking Antidepressants While Pregnant Affect Kids’ Intelligence?
May 18, 2018 . No CommentsThere has been much debate on whether antidepressants taken during pregnancy can affect fetal development. A study presented at the Pediatric Academic ... Read More
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Minority Stress May Increase Diabetes Risk in Lesbian, Bisexual Women
May 16, 2018 . No CommentsLesbian and bisexual (LB) women are more vulnerable to type 2 diabetes than heterosexual women, says a study in Diabetes Care. LB women also have higher ... Read More
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Parents of Twins More Likely to Have Anxiety or Depression
May 14, 2018 . No CommentsThe Journal of Psychiatric Practice has published new research on mental health in parents of multiples (twins, triplets, etc.). Parents of multiples reported ... Read More
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Help! I’m Catfishing Someone and I Don’t Know How to Stop
May 21, 2018 . 2 CommentsDear GoodTherapy.org, I’m an ugly guy. I used to look okay, but I got a bad injury when I was 11. The surgeon did his best, but … there’s a reason I don’t ... Read More
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Does OCD Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
May 14, 2018 . 1 CommentsDear GoodTherapy.org, I have bad OCD. Fear of germs, obsessive and anxious thoughts, needing ... Read More
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Help! My Partner Doesn't Like to Be Touched
May 7, 2018 . 3 CommentsDear GoodTherapy.org, Have you ever dealt with couples where one partner had issues with being touched? That's the situation I am in now. I have been seeing a guy ... Read More
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How Can I Help My Adult Child with Depression?
April 30, 2018 . 1 CommentsDear GoodTherapy.org, My adult daughter is incredibly gifted (she tested around 130 IQ), but she has pretty serious Read More
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Why Won't My Partner Sleep with Me?
April 23, 2018 . 2 CommentsDear GoodTherapy.org, My husband and I used to have a great relationship, but ever ... Read More
