Dr. Oppenheimer recently returned from a retreat and workshop focused on understanding and working with Sensory Processing Sensitivity, or as it is used more colloquially, Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Not to …
Significant gender differences exist in the experience, and expectation, of stress across genders. In our country in particular, high achievement is equated with success, and many individuals are experiencing high, …
Depression is used colloquially, and many times used when clinical depression is not actually the factor. We throw that term around easily. “That movie was depressing.” “I was depressed just …
These days, there are increasing individuals who are identifying as somewhere along what is known as a “gender spectrum,” and who may use terms like “non-binary, “gender fluid,” “gender queer” …
As school years come to a close, and temperatures start to rise, summer makes her grand entrance. Simultaneous feelings of freedom and adventure mingle with the fear that you may …
In the early childhood period, much is made of a child’s developmental milestones, and comparing these gains with similar aged children. “Has your child rolled from back to front yet? …
According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 should sleep 8 to 10 hours per every 24 hour period for best health. Unfortunately, …
Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang, “Teach your children well…just look at them and sigh, and know they love you.” Wiser words have never been spoken. In the endless grind of …
If you are knee deep in camp brochures, trying to figure out whether to send your kids to basketball camp, archery practice, or a ballet troupe, stop what you are …
