By Carol Briggs, Clinical InternMonitoring the Future (MTF) is a yearly survey that measures drug and alcohol use and attitudes toward use among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in the United States. The 2019 MTF surveyed 42,531 students from 396 public and private...
By: Kaleigh Nobbe, Counseling InternSo you didn’t mean it like that. In many situations we can believe that a person’s words or actions were intended to hurt us, but they brush it off like nothing ever happened. What does this mean and how do we move forward? It could...
Hello, my name is Taylor and I am a K-5 Physical Education teacher to 800+ students in the Northwest suburbs. My school offered two options for our families in the 2020-2021 school year, fully remote or hybrid. Students are only in the building for two and a half...
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternHow often do questions or comments from your spouse or significant other turn into an argument? How often does that argument spiral out of control into a whirlwind of negativity?Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling...
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternIn the world of mental wellness and recovery, September is marked as the month to educate people about substance use and the mental health services that improve the lives of individuals and families. It is also an opportunity to...
By: Carol Briggs, Clinical InternBack in March, we were all looking ahead with hope that by the end of summer, the pandemic would be over, and life would feel normal again. But here we are in August and our back-to-school planning looks a lot different than it did a...
