How Do I Cope with My Child’s Diagnosis?
Over 3 million babies are born every year in the US. And with the birth of a child, there is not only new life, but new adventures, new possibilities, and new opportunities. As exciting as it may be to [...]
How Does Diet Affect Our Self-Esteem? | Orlando Counselor
Modern food science has taught us that our diet affects our health, but how does it affect our self-esteem? As a kid, we learn that some food choices are good for us, while others aren’t. Though this black-and-white explanation [...]
Getting Homework Done in Less Time and Fewer Fights
Students with learning disabilities such as ADHD often have trouble with homework and maintaining focus on assignments that require full attention. Some common problems are seen in children with ADHD such as easy distractibility, disorganization, procrastination, inattention, fidgeting, and [...]
Sleep Deprivation in Children
With summer coming to an end, many kids have experienced a change in their sleeping habits. Children get less sleep in the summer due to long nights of staying up late without the responsibility of having school the next morning. [...]
Fidget Rings that May Help with Anxiety
We all experience anxiety, but it can be especially hard for many people. There are several aspects of life that may induce anxiety. Recently, fidget rings have surfaced and seem to be helping alleviate symptoms of anxiety. Fidget rings [...]
The Link Between Perfectionism and College Athlete Suicide
Not everyone can handle pressure, especially the pressure that college athletes face. This pressure has caused several college athletes and perfectionists to have mental health challenges and ultimately take their own life. Having such high expectations to live up to [...]
Couch Potato Nation
Physically (In)Active Adolescents Physical activity helps our bodies (and our minds) to stay in shape. Unfortunately, it seems as though children in the United States are staying less and less physically active. Although screen time and electronic devices most likely [...]
How To: Enjoy the Summer with Children at Home
With summer in session, school’s out and the kids are home. If you’re one of the many parents having trouble finding activities for your children to do this summer, you’ve come to the right place. “I’m bored...” It's inevitable. You [...]
School Shootings on the Rise
According to a federal report done by the National Center for Education Statistics, there were ninety-three gun-related incidents in the United States that resulted in lives lost on school property in 2021 alone. Lives as young as twelve years old [...]
Hate Father’s Day?
Hate Father’s Day? Here’s How to Turn the Day Around If you’re reading this article, you are probably one of the many dads hoping to get through the day. Like any holiday, I guarantee many past emotions are brought to [...]
Simple Acts To Help Dad’s Make Their Daughters Feel Special
"In a world that is increasingly technological, we use our electronic devices for everything, from work-related matters to personal communication. Think about it, dads. When was the last time we expressed our sentiments in a truly thoughtful way to our [...]
Gut-Brain Connection
What is the gut-brain connection? Your brain communicates with your gut daily, and vice versa, in order to maintain digestion and health. Research suggests that the organisms in the gastrointestinal tract can influence mental health greatly. In fact, the gut [...]
Family Counselor | 3 Tips to Help Your Wife Feel Appreciated on Mother’s Day | Christy Turlington
Due to modern medicine and medical procedures, it is difficult to think that every mother was at risk when she gave birth. Most experiencing pregnancy go as planned or with slight complications. But according to the World Health Organization at [...]
Family Counselor | Positive Conflict Resolution for Families
Orlando family counselor offers as simple conflict resolution program to resolve conflict quickly and get back to privileges. “Sorry! Sorry! Sorry,” is what students/siblings receive over and over again, and then the perpetrator receives a time out, grounding, loses privileges [...]
Mean Girls, Slumber Parties, & Suicide Pacts | 3 Tips to help Parents Understand Bullying
Mean Girls, Slumber Parties, and Suicide/3 Tips to Help Parents Understand Bullying Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Indirect Aggression may provoke adolescents to suicide if not addressed in time. On April 16, 2011, a slumber party in Minnesota became national news [...]
Teen Counselor gives Parent Tips for Setting Prom Rules | Jada Jackson
Orlando Teen Counselor gives parents tips for setting rules with the Prom. So, what’s a parent to do? There are so many questions to answer and some parents are not sure which way to turn. With the approach of prom [...]
How to Get Your Husband to Marriage Counseling | Orlando Relationship Counselor
Do you feel like it takes begging, pleading or even an ultimatum to get your husband to consider marriage counseling? Try to understand from your husband’s point of view why he may be apprehensive about the whole counseling process. This may help [...]
Tips for Helping a Friend who is Cutting | Self Harm Counseling
Tips for helping a friend who is cutting
ADHD linked to High Fat Diet? | ADHD Counseling Expert | University of Illinois
Orlando ADHD Counseling Expert Jim West, MA, LMHC interviewed by Fox 35 | ADHD linked to High Fat Diet? | University of Illinois Food for Thought: Another study linking proving that how we eat effects how we think! There was [...]
Celebrate World Kindness!
World Kindness Day 2021 (11/13/21) is celebrated all year long despite having one week dedicated to it. What is it? According to Inspire Kindness, “World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each [...]
Dealing With Holiday Loneliness
The holidays are known as the time to be surrounded by family and friends. However, for many, it can be a time of loneliness. Many people experience situations like having family and friends who live long-distance, ruminate about lost relationships, [...]
Men’s Mental Health During the Holidays | Orlando Counselor
As the holidays and the cold weather quickly approaches, it has become increasingly more important than ever to be considerably mindful of those around us. The holidays can be a very exciting time for many but can understandably be [...]
How To Practice Holiday Safety!
The holidays considerably involve spending quality time with friends and family which tend to involve lots of food, activities, and holiday-themed beverages. While it is perfectly okay to enjoy these activities with the ones you love and appreciate the most, [...]
Tele-health expert | 10 Tips to Managing Coronavirus Anxiety and Social Isolation
Tele-health expert | 10 Tips to Managing Coronavirus Anxiety and Social Isolation Dealing with the unknown can be very scary. This pandemic happening around the globe has brought feelings of stress, anxiety and fear in our lives. In times of [...]
Four Tips For Holiday Party Food Anxiety | Orlando Counselor
Do you loathe holidays? Dread social invitations? Can’t stand the thought of a Christmas party? Those with eating disorders (Bulimia, Anorexia, Binge Eating or Overeating) shiver at the upcoming holiday season, not for the social aspect but for the [...]
Family Therapist on 4 Tips to Thrive Through the Holidays
Orlando Family Therapist on 4 Tips to Thrive Through the Holidays If you are like most people, when you see the holiday displays around Halloween, you ask yourself, is it that time already? Holidays can be met with mixed emotions, [...]
7 Important Tips To Endure Stress During Coronavirus | Trauma Tele Therapist
7 Important Tips To Endure Stress During Virus Quarantine Many of us have been so overwhelmed with this sudden change that has impacted our life and routine because of the pandemic we are facing for what could be months. Some [...]
How Hypnosis Can Help with Covid Related Stress
It’s no secret that we are all in this together. There is a higher level of fear and anxiety that has spread through the world since early last year. It’s not “over” yet and still life goes on. You might [...]
Four Things Daughters Need from their Fathers | Tips for Dads |
We often see celebrity father/daughters relationships that are both good and bad! From the outside looking in, it appears that Billy Ray Cyrus and daughter Miley Cyrus have an awesome personal and professional relationship. On the other hand, Angelina Jolie [...]
Family Counselor | 4 Tips To Be a Better Dad Inspired by the Movie Courageous | Matt Martin, LMHC
“Courageous: Honor Begins at Home” is a movie that tells the story of five fathers. The film showcases men, from all different cultural backgrounds, with the universal desire to become strong fathers. As the film displays, being a father is [...]
Dad Superbowl Commercials Teaches 5 Lessons Why Fatherhood is Important
Super Bowl commercials went beyond the usual humor in Doritos and Budweiser campaigns. These commercials pulled at the heart strings of many dads across the nation that may have inspired them to be more present for their children and teens. It appears that [...]
Family Counselor | 4 Fathering Tips for the School Year | Connecting with your Son |Fox 35 Interview
Just like every school year, a new set of challenges is presented before him. With these challenges comes both stress and excitement. Do you remember your first day of class? Maybe you were like me and unable to sleep. The [...]
7 Tips for Test Anxiety on Fox 35 News | Reducing FSA Stress | Anxiety Counseling
“Reducing Stress from Tests!” “I am going to fail the FSA and repeat third grade!” “I don’t have enough time for the test!” “I can’t sleep the night before the test!” February and March many students across the state prepare [...]
Counselor on Tips to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy, and Bond with your Family During Quarantine
Background We are quickly approaching the one year mark since our country was thrown into the whirlwind of a global pandemic. It has been almost one year since families have had to restructure in order to compensate for school, work, [...]
5 Tips For Extended Family Holiday Scheduling
Are you dreading the holidays? Do you have to split holidays with more than two groups of relatives? Do you feel you are traveling all over the place and resent holidays? Are you a people pleaser and trying to make [...]
Masks, Ventilators, Stress, Oh My! | 4 Tips for Managing Stress & Coronavirus Chaos
“What the h*** is going on?” my client said as she burst into tears during our TelaHealth video session. As a therapist, I’ve heard versions of this question daily for the last three weeks. Parents are stressed with homeschool [...]
School Systems struggling to keep up with the rise in need for Mental Health Services
If you were to sit in on a public classroom in 2022, vs sitting in one in 2019, you would see a clear difference in the mood, energy, and overall flow of the day. The pandemic of 2020 still [...]
Netflix the Social Media Dilemma | Social Media Addiction is What the Designers Intended #StopHateForProfit
The Social Dilemma If you’re anything like the other 182.8 million Netflix subscribers, you probably saw “The Social Dilemma” in Netflix's “trending now” category. This hour and a half movie supposedly covers the dangers of social media on human behavior [...]
Homeschooling During The Pandemic
Parents, it's okay not to get this homeschooling thing perfect. I have now seen several posts on social media from parents describing how after a day -- or even a half hour -- of trying to home-school their kids, they [...]
5 Quarantine Tips for Coping with Social Isolation While Social Distancing | Counselor
5 Tips for Coping with Social Isolation While Social Distancing 1 in 5 Americans are in social isolation in their homes due to the COVID-19 virus. 5 states have now issued “stay at home orders,” which entails no going out [...]
7 Marriage Relationship Tips to Manage Quarantine Stress | Marriage Therapist
Relationships can be difficult, but when you add a global pandemic, quarantines, curfews, and the mass hysteria flowing through society, relationships can seem almost impossible. You’re stuck in the house all day, unable to distract yourself with your usual daily [...]
Why you should not panic over Coronavirus | Social Connecting and Physical Distance
The coronavirus has become a global pandemic. Schools are shut down, bars, restaurants, beaches, almost everything has closed its doors. Some people aren’t able to go into work, and some have completely lost their jobs. Should you be afraid? The [...]
ADHD and ASD Homeschooling Tips during Coronavirus | How to Guide Learning at Home
Suddenly Homeschooling because of the Coronavirus? How to Guide Learning at Home In the many changes to everyday life due to coronavirus, school and day-care closures are one of them. Unexpectedly everything from major universities, to day-care centers have shut [...]
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family
Tips when Quarantined to Relieve Stress, Keep your Kids Busy and Bond with your Family Background With coronavirus spreading daily and the uncertainty of the future, things can be extremely stressful. Don’t be ashamed if you begin to feel this [...]
Coronavirus Stress Tips, Risks and Prevention Tips – COVID-19 | Counselor Therapist Advice
Impact of COVID-19 “Social distancing” is highly recommended and in some cases enforced. Some cities are on curfews, others have enforced schools, restaurants, bars, and clubs to close all in efforts to stop the spread of this virus, and to [...]
18 Signs of Teen Addictions – Lindsay Lohan: Party Girl, Addict, or Criminal | Teen Counselor
18 Signs of Teen addiction Sometimes having fun may be dangerous. Parents must be aware of the tell tale signs of teen addictions. We live in a culture that thrives on youth, beauty, power, and wealth. However, having fun as [...]
4 Ways to Help Survivors of Sexual Abuse | Orlando Counselor Therapist
"I know someone who survived a sexual assault. How can I help?" What percentage of people in the US are Sexually Abused? According to the CDC, 10.6% of adult women and 2.1% of adult men have reported experiencing a [...]
Hugs Banned in Portland Oregon Middle School | Daily Buzz | Teen Counselor Therapist
Orlando Teen Counselor Therapist How close is too close? A middle school in Portland, Oregon shocked the nation when the principal banned “hugging!” USA Today highlighted the ban on hugs and stated that there is a national trend in setting [...]
Child Teen Counselor on When to Talk to Your Kids about Sex | HPV Vaccine for Children
Psychologists used to recommend talking about sex a year before puberty, but now children on average are exposed to pornography at age 8 due to the internet and pop ups. So families are scrambling about how to talk to an [...]
ODD Defiant Teen Counselor on The 4 Avoidable & Parenting the Difficult Defiant Child
*'!#$ you mom said Anthony at the restaurant with his family. Jackie, his mother responds "Don't you talk to me like that and if you say that one more time I will slap you!" I knew when Jackie was telling [...]