Yoga and Mental Health

Yoga and Mental Health

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Children can benefit a great deal from yoga practices. Children are growing up with influences that may be stressful to them. Pressures from school, family conflicts, competitive sports and social issues can all lead to increased stress. Yoga can help balance these stressors. When a child learns yoga, it encourages self-esteem and body awareness in a noncompetitive way. It helps the child to foster cooperation and compassion for themselves and others. Physically, yoga helps by enhancing their strength and flexibility, as well as coordination. Emotionally, their concentration and sense of calm, and relaxation improves.

This video is video is geared towards children but anyone can benefit from it!

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Controlling anxiety during the Coronavirus Pandemic -Coping With Anxiety after Quarantine

Controlling Anxiety During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Stress and anxiety often come from uncertainty. Many people are concerned about being laid off from their job. Many people do not know if they will have a job when this pandemic is over. Many are worried they have been exposed, some fear the symptoms, and others are concerned their loved ones were exposed and what that will mean. Parents and teachers are trying to figure out online schooling which can also be incredibly stressful. So, what are the different ways to manage anxiety during this time?

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Parent Management Training - Four ways to motivate your strong-willed child

Four Ways to Motivate Your Strong-willed Child

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How were you motivated as a child? Most parents will take a positive approach and will use a generous amount of praise and encouragement. Other parents may take a more negative approach and will try to shame, humiliate, blame or even coerce their child into cooperating. The two approaches are vastly different and are both based on the ability for the parent to consistently set limits.

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Physical activity and Mental Health

Physical activity and Mental Health

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Physical activity is beneficial for our overall health including our mental health. A link between physical activity and depression risk in adults has been identified…

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Staying Connected during COVID-19 | Teletherapy

Staying Connected During COVID-19

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Working from home may be stressful, parents who have young children trying to navigate online learning may be overwhelmed, and an overall sense of not having control and knowing when this will end can really take a toll on a person.
 
We live in a time of technology, which has helped us to stay connected and now more than ever technology is a beneficial tool in helping us stay connected.
 
Here are some ideas to help maintain a feeling of connectedness:

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Pathways Neuropsychology

Coronavirus — How we are protecting our patients

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Due to the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), for everyone’s safety, if you have any of the following symptoms please do not come to the office. You should also immediately contact your healthcare provider if you are experiencing:
• Fever
• Cough
• Weakness
• Headache
• If you have had recent travel to China, Italy, Iran or any other European countries, please let us know as well.

We are now offering our patients the option of video/phone sessions. If you are interested, please speak to the front desk to set this up.

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Discovering your strong-willed child’s temperament - Parent Management Training

Discovering Your Strong-willed Child’s Temperament

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Children do not come with an instructional guide or a warning label stating you will be raising a strong willed child. No one is able to predict what kind of temperament a child will have until the child begins to grow and the child’s temperament begins to emerge. Every child has their own unique temperaments or inborn style of behaving.

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Parent Management Training -Understanding Strong-Willed Children

Understanding Strong-Willed Children

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Do you sometimes question whether your child’s behavior is normal? Have you ever felt you’ve done something to cause your child’s behavior? You’ll be relieved to hear that most of the times, it is not the parents fault. Most of the time, the child is just being themselves. What the real issue has to do with is not having a good match between the child’s temperament and the parents discipline methods.

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Anxiety & Depression Treatments

Three ways Depression Affects Your Thinking

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When thinking about depression, one might think of feelings of sadness or hopelessness. However, when depressed, a person’s cognitive abilities are affected. Depression affects your cognitive abilities making even the simplest task seem impossible.

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brain injury, traumatic brain injury, tbi, concussions

Five Signs of a Traumatic Brain Injury

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Symptoms of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) or concussion can take a few days to a few weeks to be noticed, especially if you are addressing other physical issues. At the time of the injury you “walked it off” but later continued to have some lingering symptoms. Here are some common symptoms to be mindful of after an injury:

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