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Tips for Teens: Improving Your Sleep Habits
Sleep is essential for a teenager to perform their best. However, most polls show that they are missing the 8–10-hour mark by a wide margin: 45% of teenagers report getting less than 8 hours of sleep per night. Improving this number might be easier than you think.
Read MoreOur Neighbors in Need: Supporting Refugees and their Families
Most of us have never had to face the threat of violence the way many of our refugee neighbors have. As mental health practitioners, we often hope to support them in any way that we can.
Read MoreParental Alienation and Domestic Violence: What Gets Lost in the Fog?
Children reject the alienated parent in an effort to remain attached and loyal to the alienating parent out of fear, love, or confusion. The child concludes that it’s not safe for them to love both parents. In survival mode, they denigrate and reject one, while idealizing and supporting the other.
Read MoreThe Bullet Points of Brainspotting
Brainspotting has been demonstrated to be effective in treating anxiety, depression, phobias, PTSD, childhood trauma, attachment style, stress, performance issues, and disassociate disorders.
Read MoreFunding for Mental Healthcare? A Tough Ask, Across the Globe
A Sobering Statistic As Advancement & Communications Coordinator for the Fountain Hill Center, my work includes quite a lot of reading. News articles, journal articles, research findings… And while reading…
Read More2019 Spring Newsletters
Spring has sprung! After so many cold and cloudy months, we hope you’re enjoying the change of season as much as we are. Click below to access our 2019 Spring…
Read MoreWhat Your Therapist Does on Vacation
Do you ever wonder what your therapist does when they go on vacation from the Fountain Hill Center? Of course, everyone’s vacation time is different. However, I have been encouraged…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence and Becoming Bilingual: An Antidote For Toxic Masculinity
Encouraging boys and men to shift from a negative perception of developing emotional intelligence to the idea “it’s just like becoming bilingual” could be helpful in reducing the stigma that leads to toxic masculinity.
Read MoreMeditation: A Radical Act of Love and Sanity
We live in a world filled with distressing events. Tornadoes, mass shootings, and political scandals are all over our newsfeeds. Our daily lives often consist of responding to demands that…
Read MoreLaughing Matters Raises $14,000+ for Counseling Services
Over 100 people gathered at the Shelby Optimist Club in Shelby, MI, on Saturday, February 23, 2019, to enjoy a delicious dinner, belly-laugh at hilarious stand-up from Midwestern comedian Scott…
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