Archives for 2014

It is National Suicide Prevention Week. It is known that “every year, over 800,000 almost people die from suicide; this roughly corresponds to one death every 40 seconds. The number of lives lost each year through suicide exceeds the number of deaths due to homicide and war combined” (Source: http://www.iasp.info/wspd/pdf/2014/2014_wspd_brochure.pdf). I wanted to provide you […]

Many parents ask me how much technology time they should allow their children. There is extensive research concerning brain development and exposure to technology that I encourage my parents to research. I grew up in an era where cell phones did not exist. I typed my papers on word processors and the term “google it” […]

I work with individuals that struggle with addictions in my private practice. I recently came across this TEDx talk with Dr. Gabor Maté that really validates the experiences of my clients as well as my own tendencies to check out or self-sooth through external stimuli. This is a remarkable talk that I think everyone can […]

This is a great piece by Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW that I thought would be good to share with you.  I especially liked the way the author described what happens in the brain. Click below to see the article by the Huffington Post. Source: Article

Many of my parents often sk me to give guidance and suggestions for setting boundaries around technology usage.  Every family is different, have different rules and understanding of what parenting should look like. At one time in my career, I worked as a therapist in a high school. I would have students that would come […]

This article recently came out in the last couple of months.  There are links to some very interesting data and surveys that were taken in the last year supporting the notion that rape is underreported.  Click the links below for more information. Article Source: Rape is Grossly Underreported in the U.S. Original Survey: Estimating the […]

Here are two blog posts that I thought were important to share with you written by Quinn Becker from the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault Quinn Becker.  One fact that the blogger writes: “every two minutes, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted.”  Please click the links below to view the blog posts. Colorado […]