What to Do When Your Child Expresses Suicidal Thoughts

What to Do When Your Child Expresses Suicidal Thoughts

    Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: What to Do When Your Child Expresses Suicidal Thoughts         September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to shed light on a topic that we often avoid due to stigma and fear. For...
How Does Extreme Heat Affect Your Mental Health?

How Does Extreme Heat Affect Your Mental Health?

    You have probably seen a lot of talk in the news about climate anxiety, and we see it in our practice too. Older people worry about the future of our planet for their children and grandchildren. Young people, especially, worry about climate change and...
LGBTQ Communities and Mental Health

LGBTQ Communities and Mental Health

      The mental health needs of the LGBTQ community are quite unique. People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer are by and large a resilient group. According to a large body of research, they are, on average, likely to...
Ask The Therapist: How to Make Friends

Ask The Therapist: How to Make Friends

  By Nicole Roder, LCSW-C, DBT-LBC, DBT Therapist   As mental health providers, we receive a lot of questions from our clients and patients about solving problems in day to day life. So we are launching a new series on our mental health blog called “Ask the...