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Posts Tagged ‘Teens’

Ask a Therapist: Is Self-Harm an Addiction?

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen struggling with self-harm addiction uses distraction techniques so she doesn’t cut.

Learn if self-harm can be an addiction, the signs to look out for, and how to stop an addiction to self-harm, including cutting.

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All-or-Nothing Thinking: The Impact of a Black-and-White Mentality

By Embark Behavioral Health
A teen struggling with all-or-nothing thinking is unable to keep up with homework due to a black-and-white mentality.

Learn what all-or-nothing thinking is, what causes it, examples of a black-and-white mentality, and how to help your teen or young adult.

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Failure To Launch Syndrome: How To Help Teens and Young Adults

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen struggling with failure to launch syndrome watches TV at parents’ house.

Find out what failure to launch syndrome is, the signs and symptoms, how ADHD and autism play a role, and how to help your young adult.

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Ready To Launch? Preparing Teens With Mental Health Issues for College 

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen with mental health issues who is ready to start college talks to teacher about next steps for college.

College can be overwhelming for young adults struggling with mental health issues. Here’s how parents can prepare their teen to address common challenges.

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Separation Anxiety in Teens: A Guide for Parents 

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen with separation anxiety stays close to parent while he work.

Learn what separation anxiety is: the symptoms, causes, how it affects teens, when it becomes a disorder, how treatment works, and how to help.

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Trauma and Adoption: How To Help Your Teen Heal 

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen struggling with trauma and adoption hugs parent after talking about abandonment issues.

Learn how trauma and adoption are related, associated attachment disorders, adoption-related PTSD, and how to help your child.

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Hyperfixation: What Parents of Teens Need To Know 

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen struggling with hyperfixation is unable to break focus on social media to talk to parent.

Find out what hyperfixation is, the symptoms, how ADHD, anxiety, OCD, autism, and depression are related, and how you can help your teen.

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How Ruminating Thoughts Affect Teens

By Embark Behavioral Health
Teen struggling with ruminating thoughts wonders if she has OCD and how to stop her cyclical thinking.

Find out how what rumination is, how it can be caused by OCD, some examples and causes of repetitive thoughts, and how to stop them.

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When You’re Struggling: A Mental Health Support Letter to Teens

By Embark Behavioral Health

This mental health support letter was written by Mary Vanderholm, an associate clinical mental health counselor at Sunrise, a residential treatment center in Utah. Dear Teen, Life can be hard,…

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Food for Thought: Why Teens Are What They Eat

By Embark Behavioral Health
Food for Thought: Why Teens Are What They Eat

Last Updated: February 2021 We’ve all heard the adage “you are what you eat,” but what you may not know is that a growing body of research suggests the saying…

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