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 As the seasons change and the days grow shorter, a significant amount of people experience something called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), commonly referred to as seasonal depression. This can affect individuals of all ages; however, teenagers may be especially vulnerable due to the already ...
Written by: Morgan Liptak, MAS, LAMFT If you’re anything like the rest of us, you probably read countless motivational quotes as you scroll through social media, see self-help books on every shelf, and hear the words mental health time and time again. While society may always have been aware of ...
Written by: Morgan Liptak, MAS, LAMFT Sports have been shown to improve mental health, physical health, academic performance, help shape identity and provide social benefits. It would seem obvious that playing a sport would be a positive choice for our well-being, right? Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In ...