By Melody Rodgers, RCPFamily Support Advocate You’re here because what you’re doing isn’t working,We’re here because what you’re doing isn’t working.What we do at New York Center for Living is working. Your child has been evaluated and a treatment plan has been suggested. Once you hear the level of commitment required, you find excuses not […]
Category: Parent
How Parents Can Help Teenagers with Anxiety
According to the US National Institute of Mental Health, one in three people aged between 13 and 18 have an anxiety disorder.1 There are ways that parents can help their teenagers with their anxiety problems. Recognizing anxiety in teenagers Anxiety is a normal sensation that everybody experiences from time to time. It is a reaction […]
2019 Brain Awareness Week March 11 – 17
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research…
2019 Eating Disorder Awareness & Screening Week Feb. 25 – March 3
Let’s get real – eating disorders can affect anyone, anywhere. This National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (#NEDAwareness), Center for Living is helping change the conversation around food, body image, and eating disorders! But because of stigma and old stereotypes, many people don’t get the support they deserve. 30 million Americans will struggle with a full-blown […]
How We Approach Family Interventions
What is an Intervention? According to Al Anon, an intervention is a deliberate process designed to help another person – a family member, loved one, friend or colleague – recognize and change self-destructive thoughts, feelings or behaviors. The intent is to confront the person in a non-threatening way. It’s an approach that focuses on helping […]
How Parents Can Help Teenagers with Anxiety
According to the US National Institute of Mental Health, one in three people aged between 13 and 18 have an anxiety disorder.1 There are ways that parents can help their teenagers with their anxiety problems. Recognizing Anxiety in Teenagers Anxiety is a normal sensation that everybody experiences from time to time. It is a reaction […]
Social Media Addiction: When is my Teen Online Too Much?
With the increasing popularity of social media, teens can unfortunately become addicted to social networking websites. Teens who use social media excessively are at the highest risk of becoming addicted to it. According to a 2016 study in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, 4.1 percent of boys and 3.6 percent of girls who are […]
My Teenager is Making Me Depressed
Depression can strike at any time, even among parents. According to data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey, five percent of parents in two-parent households and 11 percent of single parents experience at least two symptoms of depression.1 Parents of teenagers can be especially prone to depression. Depression among Parents of Teenagers The teenage […]
Mental Health Treatment Options for Your Child: A Guide
This article is part of a series. For the fully designed ebook, click here. Unfortunately, fewer than half of adolescents who have a mental illness receive any kind of treatment. But mental illnesses are highly treatable through medication, psychotherapy or a combination of the two. Treatment can help your child recover from or manage their […]
Family, Family, Family
Not only is it important to successful addiction treatment, but family may very well be the greatest and most powerful factor for helping individuals with addiction to recover. I am not talking about functional, well-manicured picture-perfect families. I am talking about dysfunctional, messy, broken souled individuals coming together to help because they love their brother, […]