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    Mental Health Challenges Don’t Take a Holiday By: Anastasia Sullwold Ristau, PhD, LP
    November 15, 2018 by PrairieCare 2002 0 2

    A Hard Holiday Season Is Not a Parent Fail! Oh boy, the holidays are just around the corner. Many of us parents say it every year – how is it already coming up on Thanksgiving and aaaaack that means the next holiday is just __ days away!  It’s...

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    Parents’ Frenemy Relationship with Screens Part 2: Finding a middle ground By: Anastasia S. Ristau, PhD, LP
    July 16, 2018 by PrairieCare 1304 0 1

    If you happened to have read part 1 of this blog, you may recall we covered some of the impacts of screens seen on kids and teens: good, the bad and the ugly. Part 1 covered, in my opinion as both a clinical child psychologist and a parent right...

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    The “Frenemy” Relationship with Screens (Part 1) What’s the Mental Health Impact upon my kids? By: Anastasia S. Ristau, PhD, LP
    July 12, 2018 by PrairieCare 1392 0 1

    Parenting in the age of screens is front and center for many families like never before. While I’m the first to recognize that technology has value, more often than not, as a parent and even moreso as a clinical psychologist working with kids and...

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    Suicide Rates are on the Rise… What can be done? By: Jen Holper, MA, LSW
    June 8, 2018 by PrairieCare 1407 0 3

    This week alone two celebrities have lost their battle with mental illness by taking their own lives. CNN reported on a survey published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that suicide rates increased by 25% across the...

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    Parenting in the Gray By: Anna Bohlinger, Phd, LMFT of Paragon Residential Treatment for Youth
    May 31, 2018 by PrairieCare 1266 0 0

    You walk into a room and something is missing. You can’t quite put a finger on what. But you know, whatever it is, it’s gone. Ambiguous loss is a little bit like that. You are living your ordinary life, and something silent and extraordinary...

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    Coping Skills for Everyone By: Jason Griswold, LICSW
    February 7, 2018 by PrairieCare 2736 0 3

    Everyone can benefit from using coping strategies for times when our thoughts and / or body sensations are sounding the alarms of stress, anxiety or depression.  I am gifting to you my secret stash of top coping skills frequently used in therapy...

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    Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL): A psychiatric support for primary care and patients By Sarah Baker, LICSW and Allison Litzenberg, LICSW
    December 15, 2017 by PrairieCare 2389 0 0

    For decades, the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) and other specialized mental health practitioners has resulted in the challenge of meeting the overwhelming mental health needs in communities all over the country. These...

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    How Does Psychotherapy Work? By: Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, PhD, LP and Michael Bloomquist, PhD, LP
    November 8, 2017 by PrairieCare 2483 0 11

    “How exactly is coming to therapy going to help me (or my child) feel better?” That’s a question that we are often asked as therapists. It’s a good question and an important one. Usually we answer by describing the theory behind the particular...

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    What on earth are PMADS? By Guest Blogger Crystal Clancy, MA, LMFT
    June 26, 2017 by PrairieCare 2802 0 0

       Many new and expecting parents are familiar with Postpartum Depression (PPD). Those of us who specialize in perinatal mental health are aware that many people think that the only mental health complication of the postpartum period is PPD...

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    The Benefits of Mask Making in Self Development by Nikki Witt, ATR-BC, LPCC
    February 24, 2017 by PrairieCare 4091 0 1

    “I reveal myself one mask at a time.” -Stephan Dunn   Masks have been created for centuries to act as protection, expression, containment, communication, transformation and memorialization. They can reveal, conceal, and evoke all at the same...

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    Managing Stress and Sobriety Through the Winter and Holiday Season By: Dan Burris, MA LPCC LADC- Transform/Clinic Therapist and Andrea Grey, MSW LGSW- Transform Adult IOP Social Worker
    December 14, 2016 by PrairieCare 1983 0 0

    “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house you could find enough booze to stock a warehouse.  The families and friends who said they’d help out, now openly party and  bandy about”. Awe, the Holiday Season which packs full of...

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    Embracing Anxiety for Family Wellness by: Anastasia Sullwold Ristau, PhD, LP
    September 26, 2016 by PrairieCare 2933 0 3

    Anxiety. Stress. Worries. Nervousness. These are referring to those uncomfortable times when something grows big inside our minds and bodies, takes over, and is hard to manage or control.  The good news is that this is normal. In fact, not only...

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