With drug addiction becoming more prevalent in the United States, the need for substance-abuse treatment for teenagers has risen. Treatment for addiction in teenagers is a multi-faceted approach, one that often includes parental involvement, medication, and both individual and family therapy. When a teenager is struggling with addiction, recovery is more successful when the family is involved and learns ways to cope with the addiction their child is facing. Individualized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance-Abuse Issues
29 July 2016
The immense pressure of college can be unbearable at times, and finals week or season is perhaps the worst time for college students. Recent studies show that 36.5% of college students have some level of depression. If you want to make it through finals season alive, it's important to stay level headed and calm. On top of seeking help from a counsellor or a mental health treatment facility, here are 3 tips that can help keep depression at bay.
12 July 2016
Scheduling a session with a family counselor (such as one from Fairbanks Counseling & Adoption​) for you and your spouse or even your child is an effective way to work out your issues in a calm and moderated environment. If you find that you have trouble conversing together, the gentle guidance and experienced approach of a family counselor can help you overcome your communication difficulties and hopefully begin seeing eye to eye with your loved one.
12 April 2016
Children can be challenging at all stages of development, although the "terrible twos" and early teen years are often heralded as the pinnacle of parental exhaustion. However, in some cases, your child's defiant and difficult behavior may not be due to normal developmental growth, but the onset of a personality disorder termed Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Children dealing with ODD are much quicker to anger than other children, may display sudden flashes of defiance or retaliation, and can wind up being ostracized by their peers if intervention (including some coping mechanisms to help redirect negative emotions) is not attempted.
17 February 2016
