Written by: Caitlin Alfonso, LMSW With the election around the corner, there is a lot of discussion around voting. While this can be an exciting milestone for many teens as they turn 18, it can be an equally disappointing time for those who desire to participate in the election process ...
Written by: Caitlin Alfonso, LMSW Everyone is on their own life journey and the guiding posts that each person chooses to use to navigate their course are known as values. Values are the beliefs that are important to you and influence how you live your life, make decisions, and set ...
Written by: Caitlin Alfonso, LMSW I need help. Three simple words, but when combined they can suddenly become complex and difficult to say. Why is that though? The reality is that we are social beings, and therefore we aren’t meant to go through life alone. However, there are many perceived ...
Written by: Morgan Liptak, MAS, LAMFT One day, you wake up and it’s your first day of high school. You’re looking ahead at four years of possibilities, excitement, maybe even uncertainty, fear, but above all else, what seems like plenty of time. In what feels like the blink of an ...
Written by: Morgan Liptak, MAS, LAMFT From a young age, relationships of all types are being modeled to us. Sometimes it’s from our parents at home. Sometimes it’s what we see on TV and in the movies. As we get a little older, it’s our peers around us. Adolescence is typically ...