How To Best Support and Accept Your LGBTQ Youth
With LGBTQ youth facing a unique set of challenges, it’s important that you support and accept your child, whether they’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning or queer. To understand the breadth and depth of issues these dynamic young people often face, consider several key statistics from the National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health…
Read MoreStart Here: A Beginner’s Guide to Common Teen Mental Health Issues
Learn about common teen mental health issues and challenges in our guide and three things to keep in mind when you think they need help.
Read MoreHow Can I Help My Friends and Family Who are Fostering?
Foster care is an issue that is dear to us at Embark Behavioral Health because many of our clients have gone through foster care and adoption experiences. We work hard to help them navigate the emotions, the trauma, and the complicated relationships that these experiences bring into their lives. There are over 430,000 children in foster care,…
Read MoreThe Importance of Mental Health for Young People
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Now is an excellent time to ask, “What is mental health, and why is it so important for our adolescents and young adults?”
Read MoreDid the Pandemic Increase Loneliness in Teenage Girls?
Protecting your family from COVID-19 is important, but the pandemic has also created a mental health epidemic. It’s hitting our teens hard, and it’s hitting the girls the hardest. In fact, new research from The Rox Institute for Research and Training released a report on how pandemic loneliness is affecting 5th through 12th grade girls and found: Girls are experiencing newfound fear about their futures since the…
Read MoreHow Much Stress is Too Much? A Caregiver’s Guide
Did you know that stress is contagious? Our guide breaks down what you need to know to help your kids and family learn how to manage stress.
Read MoreHow To Help a Teenager With Anxiety: A Guide for Parents
Learn about anxiety, how to help a teenager deal with it, how parents can help provide relief for their son or daughter, and when to pursue treatment.
Read MoreAutism in Teens: A Holistic Treatment Perspective for Parents and Caregivers
If you have a teen on the autism spectrum, you know they’re a phenomenal human being worthy of the best care and support available. And they’re far from alone. In 2018, 1 in 44 children age 8 in the United States were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the most recent data available…
Read More8 Ways to Manage Anxiety as a Family
There is no shortage of stressors on our families today. A global pandemic, adjusting to working and schooling from home, the grief of losing typical life experiences, plus daily stress from work, finances, and more, are all coming together to create an incredibly anxious moment. Especially as we reintegrate back into social life with the…
Read MoreHow to Bolster Your Teen’s Mental Health During the Pandemic
5 simple steps that parents can take to help their teens cope with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges during the pandemic.
Read More6 Ways to Help Your Teen Make Smarter Decisions About Alcohol
Advice from professional therapists on how to help your teen make smarter decisions about alcohol and reduce substance use.
Read MoreHealing from Self-Medication
Whether your teen’s self-medication was exercise, food, or substances, you can help young people overcome substance use.
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