Addiction: A Family Disease
Jennifer Acker , M.A.
You may have heard Addiction referred to as a disease of the mind and if you have ever been around someone addicted to a substance like alcohol or drugs you have seen and heard how their thinking has changed...
Skills to Help Students Prosper
Listed below are tips to help students of all ages whether they are struggling managing schedules, ADHD symptoms, anxious thoughts, depressive symptoms, or just in need of extra support and guidance. Applying skills does not always have to be...
Faith and Anxiety – Part 2
Stephen Walters , M.Div., M.A.
In my previous blog, I talked about the worry that anxiety (and maybe other mental health struggles) can make us feel that we are not being “faithful enough” if we identify as a Christian. I would like to dig...
Faith and Anxiety – Part 1
Stephen Walters , M.Div., M.A.
A few years ago, I was listening to sermon by a pastor I have a lot of respect for. This church has a strong focus on healing and they were doing a few messages on mental health. As a...
Harm Reduction for Addiction
Kimberly Tate-Nuwar , M.S.W.
If you or a loved one struggles with addiction, it is a scary thing to think about going fully abstinent from drugs or alcohol. In recent years, harm reduction programs have gained popularity in assisting people fighting addictions on...
Riding the Wave… or Getting Caught in it.
Leah Burnett , M.A.
One of the best times in my personal life I can remember is living in Southern California for a couple of years during graduate school. I was lucky enough to live a 5-minute walk from the beach and the...
Breaking the Cycle of Perfectionism in Teens
Bailey Smith , M.Ed.
When the pressures of being a teen meet the demands of high school, some students cope by striving for perfection. Perfectionism shows up in thoughts like “If I can just be perfect, then I’ll feel ok.” or “If I’m...
ACT It Out
Katerina “Rafaela” Dikefalos , M.S.
Some people may be familiar with CBT and DBT skills used for changing our thinking patterns and how we react to our environments. ACT was developed in the 1980s by Professor Steven C Hayes. He used his personal experience...
The Bio-Social Theory – What Makes You You!
Becca Samelson-Webb , M.A.
Why are we the way that we are? You’ve probably heard the idea of nature vs nurture discussed by mental health professionals. Some people take the approach that nature, or biology, is what creates certain behaviors in people. For...