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Multisystemic treatment, or MST, is a comprehensive treatment model for adolescents with behavioral and emotional issues. An MST approach to…
This series of blogs is designed to serve as a reminder of some basic building blocks for family health. These are not treatment modalities with…
For young adults, in particular, self-advocacy is a critical life skill that has emotional, vocational, and academic implications. In this blog…
If you’re the parent of an adolescent, one of the keys to effectively caring for your child, especially if her normal adolescent anguish is…
This fall, professors throughout the nation will be referencing a now-famous cheat sheet to help them better communicate with and connect to their…
News of mass violence leaves most of us feeling grieved, angry, and baffled. But the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton,…
Article one in a series of three about self-harm.
Self-Harm is an increasingly pervasive symptom of emotional distress among adolescent girls.…
Several months into treatment, Julie began to reveal events in her family life that were extremely difficult for a highly sensitive, drama-prone…
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) gets its name from an early misconception. The intense emotional outbursts that accompany this disorder were…
When my kids were in high school, they were convinced that I was psychic. When they missed curfew or, in the case of my challenging older son,…