Build Your Family’s Resilience: How To Overcome Life’s Challenges Together
by Shannon Starley, CSW What is resilience? It’s the ability to make it through difficult times and come out stronger on the other side. Life often presents us with unexpected challenges, such as death, divorce, or the arrival of a new baby. While various factors contribute to an individual’s resilience, family resilience encompasses even more […]
How to Limit the Negative Effects of Divorce and Family Conflict on Your Child.
by Jody Sargent LCSW, MSW, LVRC, CRC Effects of Divorce and Family Conflict on Children Divorce and other family conflicts can have devasting, lifelong effects on the children that experience them. Divorce is an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE). ACEs can create trauma. Divorce trauma can have lasting effects on a child’s developing brain, but they […]
What You Need to Know About Play Therapy.
by Jessica Hansen There is a rise in mental health issues among our younger populations. Children are very vulnerable due to their constantly developing brains, making their mental health very critical. Children who struggle with mental health issues may have difficulty forming relationships, performing in school, developing coping skills, expressing emotions appropriately, dealing with hard […]
Free Summer Camp For Kids
Starting June 5th, Unified Family Therapy is excited to offer a free one hour kids camp on Wednesdays in June, July and August to help your child learn skills that will help them manage difficult emotions particularly stress and anxiety. This summer program will be filled with fun activities that will teach important coping skills as […]
Does My Child or Teen Need a Child Therapist?
Does your child or teen need a child therapist? Is your child experiencing anxiety, depression, or trauma? We can help.
How to help your Child Communicate
1. Eliminate distractions. By nature, children want to share and talk about their lives from their own perspective. However, in the busy world we live in today, opportunities for them to talk to the adults in their world without distraction can be challenging and because of that can keep them from really letting you know […]