By: Dr Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT

The mental health of our children is upmost importance. Here are some tips to catch, understand and do something about adolescent depression.  

By: Abby Crews, LMFT 

What if resolving sibling conflict is more than just getting them to stop fighting? Parents play a key role in giving their children a headstart on the benefits of healthy conflict resolution. 

By: Debra O'Donnell, LMFT, LCSW

“She doesn’t know that I know, but my teenage daughter binges and vomits every night. Is this a phase, or is it an eating disorder.  Should I talk to her? Should I be worried?” The answer is yes. 

By Dr. Amanda Craig, LMFT

No type of therapy can be more vulnerable, intense, or rewarding than family therapy! At the same time, family therapy is often the most misunderstood and the most resisted type of therapy.

In many cases, the road to the first session is a long and perilous one, fraught with shame, guilt, anger, and self-condemnation. Those brave enough to walk through the therapists’ doors had often overcome ingrained misgivings, judgements, prejudices, shame, or embarrassment.

By Dr. Amanda Craig, LMFT

The best and worst advancement of modern society, ‘the screen’… It allows us to work faster, to be more productive, think bigger, and communicate instantly while having dinner, driving a car, and spending time with others. No longer able to leave the office behind at the end of the day, we are always ‘on’.

By Abby Crews, LMFT

When confronted with a temper tantrum in the produce isle or a teenager’s sass at a family function, few (very few!) are likely to think “Yay! Here’s a teaching moment!” Most just try to get through the situation with minimal losses and get back to the hustle and bustle of life.