by Monica Campbell | Feb 27, 2020 | Emotions, Teens
“It shouldn’t be this hard.” Anne (not her real name) was on my couch in the office with a perplexed look on her face. “She walked at ten months. She drives an hour to soccer practice four days a week, and she has four AP courses and straight...
by Monica Campbell | Oct 23, 2019 | Parenting, self injury, suicide, Teens
Self injury or self harm takes on many forms, and is a common form of emotional expression among adolescents. The following are considered to be self harming acts, which is any intentional harming of body tissue: Cutting Picking Burning Scraping of the skin Pulling of...
by Monica Campbell | Oct 16, 2019 | Parenting, suicide, Teens
“I’m broken.” “I didn’t tell you because I thought you would be mad at me.” “I am so sick of feeling this bad. I want it to stop.” “I thought I could handle this on my own, and now I’m scared.” Parents...
by Monica Campbell | Jul 30, 2019 | Family, Parenting, Teens
It’s 1am and you’ve been startled awake by an inexplicable urge to check the driveway for your teen’s car. Or steal down the hall, wiping sweat from your forehead, to check their bed. Why are you doing this? Because you thought you had an agreement...
