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Anxiety: How to Help your Teen Cope

in Academic Stress / ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Anxiety / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting / Social Anxiety / Stress / Stress Management by Adolescent Counseling Services November 13, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Antonina Taranova, Trainee at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program what should parents know about anxiety? One in five adolescents may develop an anxiety disorder over the span of their adolescence. Such anxiety disorders can have a dramatic impact on the daily life of children and constitute a risk factor for more severe mental disorders […]

Back to School: Managing Stress

in Academic Stress / ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Anxiety / Helicopter Parenting / Intern / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Perfectionism / Sleep / Stress / Stress Management by Adolescent Counseling Services October 9, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Samantha Rivas, Clinical Intern at ACS, Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program The alarm goes off. It’s time to pick out what to wear, get to school on time, see both new and familiar faces, get an excess amount of academic assignments, attend after-school programs, and juggle the obligations between family, friends, school, work, […]

Trauma-Informed Care in Adolescents

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Anxiety / Intern / Mental Health / Teen Therapy by Adolescent Counseling Services July 3, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Kate Polk, Trainee at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program TRAUMA is more common than we think. Darnell, Flaster, Hendricks, Kerbrat, & Comtois (2019) mention in their article that among adolescents between the ages of 13-17, 62% have been exposed to at least one or more traumatic event throughout their lifetime. These numbers are high, […]

Healthy Relationships in Adolescence

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Dating Violence / Intern / Mental Health / Relationships by Adolescent Counseling Services June 26, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Briana Rodriguez, MFT Trainee at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program Relationships are an important factor in development throughout the lifespan (Adams & Williams, 2011). However, relationship formation is particularly vital for adolescents’ development as they learn to navigate friendships and romantic relationships, as well as understand how those two things interact (Adams & Williams, […]

Anxiety

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Anxiety / Mental Health / Social Anxiety by Adolescent Counseling Services May 22, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Marcus Randolph, MFT Intern at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program you know how mental health therapists have that popular saying? “Anxiety is dwelling or thinking too much about the future, and depression is dwelling or thinking too much about the past.” For those of us in the field of mental health, we know it’s […]

Diary of an ACS Intern

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Diary of an ACS Intern / Intern / Mental Health / Stress Management by Adolescent Counseling Services March 27, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Marcus Randolph, MFT Intern at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program A typical day for me starts at 4 am, when I begin my morning routine. This routine includes prayer, reading my Bible, reading other spiritual literature, meditation, journaling, then I’m out the door by 5:00 am to work out at the gym with my […]

Understanding Family Conflict and Learning How to Find Peace

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Anger Management / Family Bullying / Intern / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting by Adolescent Counseling Services March 8, 2019January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Tarra Symons, AMFT at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program What comes to mind for you when you hear the phrase “family conflict?” Do you think of words like friction, strife, hostility, frustration, falling-out, and shouting? These are all possibilities, but these approaches to managing disagreements within a family make finding resolutions very challenging. Developing […]

5 COPING STRATEGIES FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH DEPRESSION

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Depression / Intern / Mental Health by Adolescent Counseling Services December 19, 2018January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Aishwarya Subramanian, MFT Trainee at ACS, On-Campus Counseling Program What is depression? What does it really mean to wallow in the depths of my mind, Feeling like I am drowning, When in fact I know how to swim. Maybe this is one of those times where swimming isn’t enough. Something else – a […]

Diary of an ACS Intern

in ACS Institute of Psychotherapy & Training / Diary of an ACS Intern / Intern / Mental Health by Adolescent Counseling Services November 21, 2018January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Rebecca Good, PhD, Intake Coordinator, ACS’ Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program Working as a post-doc at ACS, has been one of the most valuable experiences I have had in my professional and clinical career. Something that has struck me the most about ACS is how much everyone truly cares about the work they […]

Why Do Our Teens Use Cannabis (and What Can We Do About It)?

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Written By: Ingrid Ammondson, PhD, Program Director, ACS’ Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program Any of you who have attended parent education seminars at your school or at Adolescent Counseling Services already know that adolescence is an exciting (and sometimes dangerous) time of physiological, psychological, and spiritual growth. So much so that we might imagine placing […]