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Information on ADHD symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for both children and adults.
What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder? The American Psychiatric Association provides a definition, risk factors, and treatment for Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a complex developmental condition involving persistent challenges with social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behavior. While autism is considered a lifelong disorder, the degree of impairment in functioning because of these challenges varies between individuals with autism.
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. AAGP promotes the mental health and well-being of older people through professional education, public advocacy, and support of career development for clinicians, educators, and researchers in geriatric psychiatry and mental health. The website offers resources including webinars and access to the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry with a subscription. Participation in AAGP gives you access to the leading experts in geriatric mental health care and will help to expand your network and grow your career while ensuring you receive the most updated information and education.
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. AAGP promotes the mental health and well-being of older people through professional education, public advocacy, and support of career development for clinicians, educators, and researchers in geriatric psychiatry and mental health. The AACP website offers webinars and access to the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry with a subscription. For students and trainees, participation with AAGP gives you access to the leading experts in geriatric mental health care and will help to expand your network and grow your career while ensuring you receive the most updated information and education.
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. We represent the professional interests of more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad. The AAMFT offers resources for building your career, enhancing your knowledge, advancing the profession, and networking. Continuing education opportunities and database of Marriage and Family Therapist can be found on the website. Membership to the AAMFT comes with many perks.
The American Counseling Association's mission is to promote the professional development of counselors, advocate for the profession, and ensure ethical, culturally-inclusive practices that protect those using counseling services. The American Counseling Association provides access award-winning publications, opportunity to advance your career with Career Central, obtain continuing education just for counselors, advocate for the counseling care of tomorrow, expand your networking connections, get discounts on insurance, travel costs and more!
Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease your ability to function at work and at home. Depression symptoms can vary from mild to severe. The American Psychiatric Association presents facts about depression, related issues and treatment.
The American Psychiatric Association provides information on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, typical obsessions, typical compulsions, expert Q & A, patient stories, and treatment approaches.
The practice of telepsychology involves consideration of legal requirements, ethical standards, telecommunication technologies, intra- and interagency policies, and other external constraints, as well as the demands of the particular professional context. In some situations, one set of considerations may suggest a different course of action than another, and it is the responsibility of the psychologist to balance them appropriately. These guidelines aim to assist psychologists in making such decisions.
ASCA provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to school counselors around the globe. Non-members can find information on legal and ethical responsibilities, state-by-state statutes, professional standards and competencies, free webinars, the ASCA professional conference, and more. ASCA’s online community connects you with other school counselors to share ideas, network, and more. Members are automatically added to the Open Forum community and are invited to join other communities specific to grade level or interest. In the ASCA Scene library, you’ll find member-curated content, including everything from student check-in templates to career readiness lessons.
The founder of our community is Amy Flaherty, LPE-I, RPT. Her vision of Southern Sandtray continues to be a place where therapists can learn about the basics of sandtray but also the nitty-gritty neuroscience behind sandtray therapy. She works continually with training in both the online and offline settings to promote and support all things sandtray therapy across therapy disciplines and populations. While Amy does have years of sandtray training and experience, she believes that what makes Southern Sandtray unique and oh so awesome is the therapists who make up the different programs. Our worldwide community of supportive, energetic, funny, and sandtray-lovin’ therapists are what makes the Southern Sandtray training programs so powerful. It is only through impacting and connecting therapists across the globe and across the sandtray journey, we can offer a hand up to those who may feel isolated, alone, or even worse…burned out. Through years of trainings, we’ve developed systems for you, as any type of therapist, to plug into so you can learn, connected and transform yourself and your practice from wherever you are.
The following infographic shows how the amygdala gets highjacked, or stuck in fight or flight mode. When we are in this mode, the frontal cortex basically shuts off, making it difficult to think clearly.
Anger Management Games For Children is a handbook for those working with children who have anger management problems. Includes 62 games for use with children ages 5-12, describing the theory behind them and issues that might come up in various situations. Each game lists the appropriate age group, length, group size, verbal use, and skills, and gives adaptations and questions for discussion.
For ages 7 through teen. Players read and respond to prompts about how to gain insights about different types of anger. Helps increase anger control skills. Can be used with groups of all sizes.
The Anger and Sadness Booklet includes social scripts, lessons, discussion questions, and activities related to coping with anger and sadness. Booklet comes in a fillable PDF format and includes: -Feeling mad social script -Feeling sad social script -Feeling grumpy social script -Coping Skills for Anger and sadness -Using Self-control script and STOP strategy -Time & Space lesson and discussion -Expressing feelings with I statements, lesson, and activity -FEEL-mometer - measuring intensity of feelings
The Anger Iceberg represents the idea that, although anger is displayed outwardly, other emotions may be hidden beneath the surface. These other feelings—such as sadness, fear, or guilt—might cause a person to feel vulnerable, or they may not have the skills to manage them effectively. By exploring what’s beneath the surface, clients can gain insight into their anger, such as other possible treatment avenues. For example, a client who realizes their anger is fueled by jealousy may benefit from communication skills, whereas a client who realizes their anger is caused by stress will benefit from developing self-care habits.
This article introduces some practical resources and worksheets to help teenagers recognize anger and manage emotions to avoid outbursts and destructive behavior.
Children love to unwind and relax with this fun exercise known as “muscular relaxation. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. This effective stress and anger management technique focuses awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Muscular relaxation can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger and fall asleep peacefully. This story is longer making it ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span.
This community is a safe space for those affected by anxiety and depression to talk to others who truly understand. ADAA is a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention, treatment, & cure of anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD and co-occurring disorders through education, practice, & research. www.adaa.org offers free educational resources for more than 11 million annual visitors; Find-a-Therapist database; webinars, blog posts, podcasts & videos; support groups, and more.
Unfortunately, when parents or professionals offer help in traditional ways, they unknowingly reinforce a child's worry and avoidance. From their success with hundreds of organizations, schools, and families, Reid Wilson, PhD, and Lynn Lyons, LICSW, share their unconventional approach of stepping into uncertainty in a way that is currently unfamiliar but infinitely successful. Using current research and contemporary examples, the book exposes the most common anxiety-enhancing patterns—including reassurance, accommodation, avoidance, and poor problem solving—and offers a concrete plan with 7 key principles that foster change.
