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What does play therapy look like? Lexi Lehman, LCMHCA explains what to expect, how play can provide insight on how children feel, and how both children and their support system can benefit.

Homesickness is a grief response to changes in your surroundings and routine. It is most commonly experienced during the first year of college, though it can surface at any point in your college career and even beyond. It is a completely natural reaction to a major life transition, and while the experience is widely shared, the signs and duration can look different for each person.

Balanced wellness is about taking care of multiple parts of ourselves — it touches nearly every part of who we are and how we move throughout the world.

“Narcissist” has become one of the easiest words to reach for when someone has hurt us. People often use this word to describe relationships where they felt dismissed, blamed, controlled, criticized, manipulated, or emotionally unseen. Having language for that kind of pain can feel validating. But over time, “narcissist” stopped being a clinical word and became a moral judgment.

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The acronym for obsessive compulsive disorder is not merely a descriptor for being particular about the way you organize your closet or clean your kitchen; it’s a debilitating mental health diagnosis that affects individuals of various ages and backgrounds and, most often, for their whole lives.

If you live with a disability — physical, cognitive, psychiatric, chronic illness, or neurodivergence — there is a strong possibility that at some point in your life, you have heard a voice inside your head telling you that you are might be too much, not enough, a burden, or somehow less than. That voice can feel distinctly like your own, but in many cases, it is not.

Most of us grow up with a default relationship script. For many people, traditional milestones provide a meaning framework that works beautifully. The issue happens when we assume this is the only way to healthily love. When couples step off this timeline, they are often met with external judgment and unfair assumptions about the health of their partnership, based entirely on its format.

Online gambling apps have soared in popularity, offering everything from sports betting to digital slot machines, which can be accessed anywhere and at any time. Gambling has become more convenient than ever, but with convenience comes new challenges—particularly for men's mental health.

As we celebrate Pride Month, it’s worth recognizing that research on LGBTQ+ parent families has taught us some important lessons on raising resilient children- lessons that can benefit every family.