I am often asked by parents of teens I work with, “when do I worry about depression?” or “what does severe depression look like in a teenager?”  As with most mental illnesses, depression in a teen is difficult to diagnosis because the definition of…

As a therapist working with teens and with two children in middle school, I have been thinking a lot about how teens socialize and the ways in which they do it.  A large part of this generation’s social and emotional development is occurring while on…

It’s almost fall, which means store shelves are stocked with low-priced notebooks and markers and glue, et al. Soon the familiar brake hiss of school buses will be heard in neighborhoods across the country as kids head back to school. While some kids begrudge alarm…