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Recognizing Anxiety in Toddlers and Young Children: What Parents Need to Know
Anxiety isn’t just something that affects teens or adults. It often begins much earlier—sometimes as early as toddlerhood. But recognizing anxiety in very young children can be tricky, because it doesn’t always look like worry or fear. More often, it shows up in meltdowns, resistance, indecisiveness, or heightened emotional reactions, especially during transitions or in…
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Understanding ADHD in Children: Signs, Structure, and Collaborative Strategies for Parents and Teachers
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects millions of children, causing difficulties in focusing, controlling impulses, and managing high energy levels. It is important to note that some symptoms of ADHD can resemble signs of trauma, which may complicate accurate diagnosis. Recognizing the differences and similarities between ADHD and trauma, creating effective structures and routines, and collaborating with…
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Cultivating Calm: A Guide to Reducing Anxiety Through Daily Actions
Anxiety can be the unwelcome passenger in your daily commute, showing up at stressful times or in times of change or uncertainty, affecting your mood, your abilities, your well-being, and ultimately your quality of life. There are many ways to combat anxiety, stay in control of your emotions, and hopefully maintain your mental health. In…
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Understanding Rebellion and Resistance: Recognizing Fear and Anxiety as Root Causes in Your Child’s Behavior
When children respond with resistance, violence, or anger parents may see this as a child with rebellious tendencies, or one who is disobedient. When in reality, often these responses of resistance are based in biological responses due to anxiety, fear, or worry. Especially with kids who have a tendency towards anxiety, we will see many…
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Understanding & Treating Anxiety: Natural Approaches for a Balanced Mind
Anxiety can be challenging and debilitating for many in today’s society. Being able to understand how one’s brain is wired, how we respond and to what, and how to effectively manage anxiety symptoms can greatly eliminate the negative impacts of anxiety over time. Anxiety is a diagnosable mental health issue. It is NOT a choice.…
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Stress-Relieving Decompression Activities
Our days are filled with various stressors. If not attended to, these stresses can build up and blow up at the most inconvenient moments and towards our most precious loved ones. These unexpected and often uncontrollable explosions cause lots of trouble. From family conflict to job loss, our stress build-up can wreak havoc on our…
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Traumatic Experience: 8 Misconceptions of Childhood Trauma
By Támara Hill, MS, NCC, CCTP, LPCLast updated: 24 Jul 2018~ 7 MIN READ To link to the original site of the article about the misconceptions of childhood trauma Click Here What is trauma? How would you describe it? If I were to quiz you on trauma would you know how to define it? You might say…
