Blog: Anxiety
The Positive Side of Anxiety
Thank You Note A huge thank you to Dr. Ashleigh Louis for allowing me to share my experiences with anxiety. Positive Vibes Only What is Anxiety? In my experience, it...
The Positive Side of Anxiety
Thank You Note A huge thank you to Dr. Ashleigh Louis for allowing me to share my experiences with anxiety. Positive Vibes Only What is Anxiety? In my experience, it...
5 Tips for Parenting Children with Anxiety
When it comes to anxiety, the goal is not to eliminate it, but rather to help children manage their worries and be willing to face them. While it may come...
5 Tips for Parenting Children with Anxiety
When it comes to anxiety, the goal is not to eliminate it, but rather to help children manage their worries and be willing to face them. While it may come...
Using Social Stories to Overcome Childhood Situ...
As an elementary school social worker, I often encounter children with a range of mental health challenges. While some are struggling with more severe difficulties, many have relatively “low-level” social-emotional...
Using Social Stories to Overcome Childhood Situ...
As an elementary school social worker, I often encounter children with a range of mental health challenges. While some are struggling with more severe difficulties, many have relatively “low-level” social-emotional...
The Risk of Addiction to Medications Prescribed...
Last week we discussed the process of developing tolerance to medication. Whereas tolerance involves a state of adaptation to a medication that results in a change to some aspect of the...
The Risk of Addiction to Medications Prescribed...
Last week we discussed the process of developing tolerance to medication. Whereas tolerance involves a state of adaptation to a medication that results in a change to some aspect of the...
The Risk of Addiction to Medications Prescribed...
Many people worry about the addiction risk of medications prescribed for mental health conditions, such as those used for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia. There are many misconceptions...
The Risk of Addiction to Medications Prescribed...
Many people worry about the addiction risk of medications prescribed for mental health conditions, such as those used for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia. There are many misconceptions...
Mindfulness for the Secondary Classroom
Mindfulness is the awareness of the present moment that allows a person to choose what to focus their attention on. Mindfulness can act as a stress-coping strategy because it can...
Mindfulness for the Secondary Classroom
Mindfulness is the awareness of the present moment that allows a person to choose what to focus their attention on. Mindfulness can act as a stress-coping strategy because it can...
Letting Go of Fear
A bird cannot hold down its perch and fly, likewise, humans cannot grasp anything and be free. As humans, it is our natural instinct to grasp on to anything that...
Letting Go of Fear
A bird cannot hold down its perch and fly, likewise, humans cannot grasp anything and be free. As humans, it is our natural instinct to grasp on to anything that...
Grounding: How to Use Our Senses to Calm Stress...
Grounding techniques are increasingly popular approaches to coping with stress, anxiety, and other difficult and/or overwhelming emotional states and experiences. They work by reorienting the person back to the present...
Grounding: How to Use Our Senses to Calm Stress...
Grounding techniques are increasingly popular approaches to coping with stress, anxiety, and other difficult and/or overwhelming emotional states and experiences. They work by reorienting the person back to the present...
“Worried Sick?” Why Your Stomach Hurts When You...
The stress response is often referred to as “fight or flight” because the changes that take place within the body are designed to prepare the person to perform those activities...
“Worried Sick?” Why Your Stomach Hurts When You...
The stress response is often referred to as “fight or flight” because the changes that take place within the body are designed to prepare the person to perform those activities...
Anxiety 101
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of mental illness in the US and affect approximately 40 million US adults per year (nearly 20% of the population!). Between the rise...
Anxiety 101
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of mental illness in the US and affect approximately 40 million US adults per year (nearly 20% of the population!). Between the rise...