
How to Support Your Anxious Teen
When school is in session, teens experience the usual academic and social stressors of the school year. For many teens, anxiety might be a regular occurrence, but other times it might become more intense.
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When school is in session, teens experience the usual academic and social stressors of the school year. For many teens, anxiety might be a regular occurrence, but other times it might become more intense.
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The Be There Certificate, by Jack.org and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, is a free self-paced course that can be completed in less than 2 hours. Its purpose is to teach you how to support your peers in a real and safe way.
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Mental health awareness has increased in recent years and while some conditions such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD have received great public awareness, complex mental illnesses remain in the shadows.
This article includes mental health resources and crisis hotlines for a variety of identities, therapy options and support groups in Los Angeles & Orange County.
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Dr. Marsha Linehan is the creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a treatment approach we specialize in at the Youth and Family Institute. DBT is the gold standard treatment for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and severe emotion dysregulation.
When school is in session, teens experience the usual academic and social stressors of the school year. For many teens, anxiety might be a regular occurrence, but other times it might become more intense.
When someone we love is grieving, our first impulse is to try to make it better—after all, who wants to see someone they love suffer? In this article, we discuss how to help a grieving friend.
The Be There Certificate, by Jack.org and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, is a free self-paced course that can be completed in less than 2 hours. Its purpose is to teach you how to support your peers in a real and safe way.
In this article, we discuss why depression isn’t just a “chemical imbalance” and why we should focus on the importance of connection and environment in treating depression.
Mental health awareness has increased in recent years and while some conditions such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD have received great public awareness, complex mental illnesses remain in the shadows.
This article includes mental health resources and crisis hotlines for a variety of identities, therapy options and support groups in Los Angeles & Orange County.
Being the parent of a teenager who is struggling with mental health problems is challenging. Many parents are left asking “what do I do?” when their teen is overwhelmed and emotionally reactive.
Grief can be incredibly difficult. Taking a dialectical approach to grief and allowing ourselves to feel multiple complex emotions can be incredibly helpful. The article touches on the different ways that grief can manifest, as well as a concept called dialectics.
Since the dual COVID and racism pandemic, the concept of antiracism has sparked a national conversation. It may seem intimidating, and you may not know where to start. We want to address this issue and make a few key points.
Dr. Marsha Linehan is the creator of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a treatment approach we specialize in at the Youth and Family Institute. DBT is the gold standard treatment for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and severe emotion dysregulation.
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