If you are a new foster parent of a teen who self-harms, you may be struggling with your requirements to keep the teen in your care safe. Self-harm in teens is more prevalent than many people realize. In fact, according to research, nearly one in 5 teen girls in 9th grade self-harms, most often by cutting and carving their skin. Here’s what you need to know. Understanding why the teen in your care self-harms…
Read More »While visiting a therapist can help you to improve your relationships with your significant other, family members, and friends, professional care is also advisable if you find that you’re struggling at work. A variety of issues can spell trouble in the workplace, leading to disciplinary problems, a lack of advancement, and even conflicts with co-workers and supervisors. If you explain some of these issues to a therapist, he or she will work with you to understand why you react in a certain way — and then develop strategies that you can use to better handle each situation as it arises.…
Read More »When faced with adversity on top of trauma you suffered in the past, your autonomic nervous system (ANS), which includes the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system, along with your enteric nervous system, kick into action. All of these systems govern how your body will react to the current adversity. So the automatic nervous system governs whether you will take flight or outright put up a fight. It also governs the freeze instinct that could overtake you.…
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