by Thrive Training and Consulting | Dec 19, 2023 | Health & Wellbeing, Parents
In my practice and on my website, I tend to focus on offering strategies and recommendations to parents for supporting the mental health of their adolescents and teens. However, in this article, I encourage you to turn your attention to yourself. Make your needs and...
by Thrive Training and Consulting | Oct 9, 2023 | Mental Health, Teen
This month, most of us look forward to the spooky festivities and jump scares that come with Halloween. But for some adolescents and teens, extreme fear and anxiety are no fun at all. Instead, frequent and unwanted panic takes a significant toll on their mental...
by Thrive Training and Consulting | Jul 27, 2023 | Childhood Trauma, Therapy
Recently, I was pleased to come across country singer Luke Combs’ gorgeous version of a favorite song from my teenage years, “Fast Car,” by Tracy Chapman. It took me down memory lane and was a reminder of how moving this song about hard times and hope for the future...
by Thrive Training and Consulting | Mar 31, 2023 | Mental Health, Parents, Teen
In a recent article in The New York Times U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discussed how the intense pressure to achieve may be an important contributing factor to the growing mental health crisis impacting adolescents and teens. “Young people tell me they feel...
by Thrive Training and Consulting | Jan 27, 2023 | Mental Health, Research, Substance Abuse
In the second year of COVID, Americans aged 18 to 25 were those in the population most likely to struggle with a substance use disorder or a mental health issue. Meanwhile, one-in-five adolescents, aged 12 to 17, experienced a major depressive episode and 3.3 million...
