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What is ABA therapy? ABA stands for Applied Behavioral Analysis. It refers to using scientific behavioral principles to manipulate a learner’s environment to help them gain skills quickly and effectively….

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on teaching patients and families several strategies to help tolerate painful emotions and to manage difficult situations in the best way possible. We all face…

Anxiety is a natural, normal and harmless emotion. Anxiety becomes problematic when it begins to prevent or interfere with a child’s ability to engage in and enjoy daily activities. Anxiety…

Growth Mindset is the idea that your talents and abilities can be improved through hard work and perseverance. When individuals with a growth mindset are presented with a challenge, they…

The short and simple answer to this question is “yes,” but when assessing PTSD  in children it is important to understand more about it, as its signs and symptoms in…

Sifting through the alphabet soup of psychotherapy treatments can often be bewildering and overwhelming. The rise of evidence-based psychotherapies (i.e., treatments that have strong research support) has had a tremendous…

Does your child say, “I’m okay” to you even though you know they really are not? How can you determine if your child is experiencing a normal amount of sadness…

According to Christopher McDougle, MD, director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lurie Center for Autism and a member of Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network, “Mood disorders – including depression – do…

Does your child have an excessive worry about being judged negatively by others? Do they often avoid certain social events that would require them to interact with others? Do they…

With the increased number of terror attacks that we are hearing about in the news, something that had once been a much rarer occurrence may feel like it is happening…