Posts Tagged ‘family mental health’
Dysfunctional Family Roles: Identifying and Addressing Them
Learn about dysfunctional family roles, the different types, how they affect young people, and what families can do to help.
Read MoreFamily Fighting: Navigating Conflict
Learn about family fighting between parents, siblings, and teens, common causes, the mental health effects, and how to help stop fights from our expert therapist.
Read MoreWinter Mental Health: Helping Teens and Young Adults Cope
Discover the impact of winter on teen and young adult mental health, including anxiety and depression, and how to help during the break and provide back-to-school support.
Read MoreIntergenerational Trauma: How Trauma Can Be Inherited
Learn about intergenerational trauma, its symptoms, and how to break the cycle and heal from inherited trauma.
Read MoreHow Teen Mental Health Struggles Affect the Whole Family
Learn how teen mental health struggles affect parents and siblings, including the strain this has on the family, and how practicing effective self-care and connecting with the family can help.
Read MoreTrauma and Adoption: How To Help Your Teen Heal
Learn how trauma and adoption are related, associated attachment disorders, adoption-related PTSD, and how to help your child.
Read More9 Successful Family Traits
Learn how to protect your family’s mental health and instill successful family traits even in the most challenging times.
Read MoreParentification: Signs and Symptoms of a Parentified Child
Learn about parentification, including its signs, types, and effects, how reverse parenting can lead to trauma, and how parents can help a parentified child.
Read MoreThe Importance of Setting Healthy Boundaries With Your Teen
When teens and young adults are facing mental health issues, they need a healthy, safe, and secure environment. Setting boundaries is essential to creating this type of environment. When children predictably and reliably experience acceptance in the form of boundaries, consistent and safe nurturing, and responsiveness from a trusted caregiver, they internalize the experience of having inherent self-worth and value. Using Commitment, Acceptance,…
Read MoreAsk a Therapist: My Teen Is Acting Out. What Should I Do?
Ask a Therapist: My teen ran away and stayed out with friends all night again, drinking and smoking. I’m concerned about these behavioral problems and wonder if they are warning signs. What should I do? What should I say to address the negative behavior? Emily Thelen, clinical director at Milestones by Chrysalis, has answers for you. She acknowledged that it’s hard to be a parent because no two teens are…
Read MoreMental Health Care Tips for Dads With Teens
When things seem to come unraveled, and your teen needs mental health care, it’s hard to know what to do and how to seek help. Parenting a child who struggles with mental health can elicit a range of emotions, some of which can lead to counterproductive outcomes. When you feel out of control, helpless, and uncertain about your…
Read MoreHow to Actually Listen to Your Teen
School, friends, social media, even wanting something new to wear from a particular brand of clothes – no matter how huge or trivial the topic, the conversations you have with your teen are vital opportunities to build an emotional connection. To make sure that your teen knows you are hearing them, try using these two strategies while being an…
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