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Why Talk About Depression?

in Co-Occuring Disorders / Community Counseling / Depression / E-News / Mental Health / On-Campus Counseling / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Stigma / Stress  by Adolescent Counseling Services 0 comments

Written By:  JoAnn Kukulus, MFTi, Site Coordinator, ACS On-Campus Counseling Program Why do we need to talk about teen depression? What do we need to know? What can we do for our adolescent children? Fewer than 40% of the teens diagnosed with depression get treatment. The numbers are staggering: an estimated 1 in 5 adolescents […]

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Rituals in Therapy

in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment / Community Counseling / E-News / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Stress / Stress Management / Teaching Mindfulness / Teen Self-Image / Teens and Technology / Uncategorized  by Adolescent Counseling Services 0 comments

Written By: Ann Stillingfleet, ACS Clinical Intern, Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Community Counseling Programs What comes to mind when you think of rituals? Perhaps you visualize a religious ceremony, a celtic gathering in an oak grove,  a medicine man or sage woman conducting a healing or a centuries old tradition passed down through generations. […]

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Positive Communication between Teens and Parents

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By: Mayra Vargas, ACS Intern, Community Counseling Program Communication between adolescents and parents is one of the most difficult things in the realm of family relationships. Adolescents in the teen stage begin to explore and experiment with their own identities, and that can sometimes cause a shift in the parent-adolescent relationship. Sometimes, parents don’t know how to communicate with […]

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