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The Effects of Social Media And How To Prevent It: The health consequences of social media and ways to practice boundaries with your virtual world.

The “Reward” of Social Media It is no mystery that social media and mental health struggles are correlated for many of today’s population. Yet many of us still find ourselves very connected and coming back for more from this virtual world. Why is that? There are many factors but to highlight a few: -Social media […]

My child is back in school but things still don’t feel “normal.”

If you’ve made the decision to send your child back to school (or maybe the decision was made for you), you likely assumed you would feel some sense of normalcy after the fact. After many months of NTI it seemed that sending children back to school might be the first step to feeling more like […]

10 Things Your Therapist Hopes You Learned During a COVID Centered Year (Part 2)

This month marks the one year anniversary of “let’s all stay home for two weeks help to flatten curve.” I certainly don’t say that to minimize the importance of doing so but I doubt many people predicted the 12 months that followed. It’s been an interesting ride (similar to being stuck on a malfunctioning roller […]

10 Things Your Therapist Hopes You Learned During a COVID Centered Year (Part 1)

The past year has been filled with lots of ups and downs and certainly quite a few twists and turns. Most people can reflect back to more than one conversation about how we would be transitioning to a virtual work environment “for just a couple of weeks, to help flatten the curve.” Well, here we […]