When she was a little older, she realized that her brain being wired in a different way actually meant she had ADHD. When she had this revelation, she was shocked. All the kids that had THAT were troublemakers, spacey, impulsive. They were people she did not want to be. So, she held onto that fact like a secret. She worked even harder to change how her brain worked

If you’ve heard of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), chances are you’ve heard that PCIT is for the “bad” kids. The kids that are the troublemakers in class, who don’t listen to anyone, have extreme temper tantrums, and the list goes on and on.

I’ve heard time and time again, “but we aren’t about to get divorced, so we don’t need couples therapy.”  Think of couples therapy as exercise. You are not going to exercise only when you get lab results back saying your numbers are bad. You are most likely going to work out as a preventative measure. Sure, some couples come to therapy when they are on the brink of divorce, just like some people start working out when they have a doctor’s appointment go poorly or when something happens in their life (heart attack, etc.).  

Parent Child Interaction Therapy, or PCIT, works because it’s different. While it draws on a variety of therapies and theories (such as play therapy, behavioral parent training, social learning theory, attachment theory), PCIT is unique. It is unique in that you, the caregiver(s), are the one directly interacting with your child for a majority of the session, not the therapist.  

Being on the cusp of spring, we are met with the idea of spring cleaning. While cleaning the physical space around you can help with your mental health, I decided to take a new twist on spring cleaning: cleaning out things that are holding you back from achieving better mental health.

Already failed at your New Year’s Resolution? You’re not alone.

“Well things in my life are pretty bad right now, but others have it way worse, so I shouldn’t be too upset about it.” Sound familiar?