Featured Topics

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Below you will find topics that are important to teens, parents, survivors and more!

Featured Topics for Teens

Coping Skills

Coping skills are the actions and behaviors that help someone deal with difficult situations and the distress they feel as a consequence of difficulties. Learn more…

Grounding Skills

Grounding techniques are strategies that can help a person manage their traumatic memories or strong emotions. Learn more…

Gaslighting

Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse where a person or group makes someone question their sanity, perception of reality, or memories. Learn more…

Toxic Stress

Toxic stress is overwhelming and causes us to relive the feelings of fear, anxiety, and negative emotions connected to past or present traumatic experiences. Learn more…

Featured Topics for Parents

Parenting contributes to one of the largest portions of a child’s environment, therefore is a huge influence on development. Research has shown that genetics and environment have equal influence on the development of traits in children.

Discipline & Parenting

Try to think of discipline more as teaching rather than punishment. The most effective discipline ensures that children understand the expectation, are capable of meeting the expectation, and can learn from the consequences when they do not follow through.

Parenting Words

No parent is perfect and uses the perfect words and phrases all of the time. It is to be expected that parents will experience frustration, anger and disappointment over behavior challenges or emotional outbursts in children.