Now that your daughter has reached her teenage years, she’s most likely craving independence. She’s beginning to distance herself from you and your family and spending most of her time…
read moreAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health: “Borderline personality disorder is an illness marked by an ongoing pattern of varying moods, self-image, and behavior. These symptoms often result in…
read moreBeing a teenage girl is hard. Though most teen responsibilities are small, the task of navigating and surviving the social emotional maze of high school is huge. From the ages 14…
read moreAlthough life is inevitably full of stressful experiences, transitions and loss, teenagers are particularly sensitive to experiencing social, emotional, and cognitive problems in response to these experiences as early experiences…
read moreIn a study posted in the US National Library of Medicine, researchers found that the rate of teen self-harm may be increasing. In later studies, only 7 to 13 percent…
read moreMilieu therapy is an experiential therapeutic approach that utilizes the residential environment of our program to better understand how to help your daughter approach and overcome her challenges. Milieu” means…
read moreShame is a complicated emotion and one we all have dealt with at one time or another. Shame comes from feeling powerless and frustrated. For people who experience shame linked…
read moreUnless you’ve been hiding under a rock or are one of the few who don’t have a Netflix subscription, you’ve probably heard of the show 13 Reasons Why. This show…
read moreTurn on the TV. Open a magazine. What do you see? A thin, “flawless,” photoshopped woman on every channel or page. Girls are reduced to objects of advertisement for anything from…
read moreHave you ever tried to talk to your daughter mid-sob? In between gasps for breath, she is less likely to want to have a conversation. In fact, talking about why…
read moreConflict happens in every family. And while it is completely normal, it is important to deal with conflict in a healthy way. If you find that your conversations around family…
read moreHere’s a fact that many parents forget: coping with loss as a teenager is much different than dealing with it as an adult. It’s relatively common to have lost at…
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