5 Tips to Help You Balance Self-Care With Being An Informed Citizen
If it seems like you can’t turn on the news without seeing something awful, you aren’t alone. Most news outlets, are businesses after all, which means that they count on ratings to succeed. Unfortunately, it seems that bad news garners more ratings for these organizations, because when people see horror stories in the news, they […]
Coping 101: A Guide To Coping Mechanisms
When something stressful or unexpected happens in your life, how do you handle it? Does your one glass of wine after work turn into three? Or, do you find yourself not-so-subtly stalking your ex’s facebook page? Perhaps, you turn to counting calories to get your mind off the situation. If any of these scenarios sound […]
Suffering In Silence: How ADHD Affects Girls
When it comes to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, most of what you read in the news favors the idea that the diagnosis is being overused, and that kids are being over-medicated. But, what if we told you, that there was actually a huge population of individuals with ADHD that aren’t actually being diagnosed? […]
Creative Ways To Keep Your Children Learning This Summer
It’s hard to believe the school year is almost over and summer is approaching so quickly! If you are a parent, and your children attend schools on the traditional schedule, this means it’s time to start planning for all of those long sunny days! Even if your child will be going to camp, or away […]
Teaching Emotional Agility to Teens
For some people, the term “agility,” brings up images of border collies jumping through hoops, but for psychologists, the word conjures up a host of skills and abilities that can make life easier when times get tough. In her book, “Emotional Agility,” author, Harvard professor, and psychologist, Susan David walks us through what emotional agility […]
Happiness Is Contagious: The Importance of Parental Modeling
Have you ever looked at your child as she was slamming her bedroom door, and felt a tinge of familiarity? Not familiarity in the sense that you are family, but more in the way that she is doing something that you might possibly have done in one of your less-than-perfect moments? If your answer is […]
Mind Over Mood: How We Help Children With Anxiety and Depression
According to The National Institute Of Mental Health, 13.1% of children ages 8-15 have a diagnosable mental illness. Although, the majority of children studied, (8.6%), were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, (more commonly known as ADHD), approximately 3.7% of those children were diagnosed with a mood disorder, such as Anxiety or Depression. Symptoms of […]
Reducing Freshman Fears: How To Emotionally Prepare Your Teen For College
According to the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory, a rating scale that assigns a numerical category to different life events, change, of any kind, can be extremely stressful. Even if the change in question is positive, like heading off to college, there can still be a significant amount of stress associated with such a huge transition. While […]
Welcome Dr. Schwartz!
Another exciting time of growth at Upside Therapy, Dr. Sarah Schwartz has joined the team! Dr. Schwartz is a provisionally licensed psychologist, supervised by Dr. Rachel Oppenheimer. Dr. Schwartz is passionate about helping teens and tweens through the developmental and social challenges that occur during this life stage. Dr. Schwartz works with adolescents in individual or family therapy […]
Welcome Barbara Crowley
This couldn’t be a more exciting time as Upside Therapy continues to grow, and we are proud to present our new therapist Barbara Crowley, MS, LPC-I. Mrs. Crowley is supervised by Carrie Crutcher, M.S., LPC-S. Barbara Crowley received a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from University of North Texas in 1997. She is […]