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Social Bonding During Summer
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By: Emily Brzak, LLP I’d take a guess that the past few school years (pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic) would be some that both students and parents would like to forget. Maybe you managed to get out unscathed, and if so, please let us know how you did it! For the families I most often engage with, this…
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Emotional Support Animals…Service Animals…Therapy Animals…Oh My!
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By: Dr. Nicole Wozniak, Psy.D. There is simply no denying the value of pets on our emotional well-being. A bond with an animal can provide comfort, companionship, strength, and confidence. It only makes sense that we want to be around our babies as much as possible. More now than ever, in the face…
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Assistive Technology for Dyslexia
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by: Emily Kavanagh, MS, LLP Individuals with dyslexia are often creative, out-of-the-box thinkers with the ability to problem-solve in ways that others may not think of. Some of the world’s greatest inventors, teachers, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and leaders have been identified as dyslexic. However, when faced with learning and life tasks relying heavily on reading, writing,…
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ABC’S of Reducing Emotional Vulnerability
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A Proactive Tool for Managing Negative Emotions from DBT By: Jaclyn Rink Try accumulating positives that impact you in both the short-term and long term. Short Term: Do pleasant things that are possible now (e.g., play a fun game, take a bubble bath, have your favorite treat). Long Term: Make changes in your life that allow more…
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5 Tips for Coping with Grief and Loss
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Posted: by: Emily Brzak, MA, LLP , The experience of grief and loss is highly individualized. There is no cookie-cutter amount of time grieving lasts, nor is there a step-by-step foolproof plan to eliminate the often painful feelings associated with loss. However, there are many tips and strategies to help ease discomfort while allowing the grief…
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Fill Up Your Gas Tank: 50 Simple Self-Care Ideas
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Posted: by: Jaclyn Rink, MSCP, LLP , I hear it every day, “Jaclyn, I don’t have time for self-care.” With our lives being as busy as they are, I can completely understand this. We are trying to simultaneously juggle kids, a household, our jobs, our friends, school, family members, our social lives, relationships & marriages, our…
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How to Identify a School Shooter: A Psychologist’s Perspective
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By Drs. John and Pamela McCaskill With the recent tragic school shooting in our home state of Michigan, people are asking us, “How will I know if a student is at risk for being an active school shooter?” We wish we had a simple checklist that we all could follow, but this is not a…
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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic On Mental Health Care: A Psychologist’s Perspective
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By Pamela A. McCaskill, Ph.D., LP Have you ever wondered what this past year has been like from a psychologist’s perspective? People often ask me, how are you doing in the midst of all this chaos? To put it mildly, the past 14 months have been a whirlwind for myself and our team Meet Our Team.…
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