CA Counseling Consultants

By September, the new school year energy has usually worn off and reality has set in. New schedules, new teachers, new social dynamics, and a household trying to relearn a routine that fell apart over summer. Parents rarely hear that this transition is hard on them too, not just on the kids. A mother came into a session a few weeks into the school year completely wrung out. Her son was struggling to settle into a routine, fighting getting out of bed on time, melting down over homework that...

June is Men's Mental Health Month, and the numbers are worth sitting with for a minute. Men die by suicide at nearly four times the rate of women. Over six million men experience depression each year. Most of them never get help. That is not because men do not struggle. It is because they have been taught, in ways both obvious and subtle, that struggling is not something you say out loud. The training starts early. Boys learn fast what happens when they show too much emotion. They learn to...

June is PTSD Awareness Month, and one of the most important things to say upfront is this: PTSD is not only something that happens to veterans. It can happen to anyone who has lived through something that overwhelmed their capacity to cope. Car accidents. Childhood abuse. A difficult birth. Sexual assault. A sudden loss. A medical emergency. Witnessing violence. Living with chronic unpredictability or fear. The list is longer than most people realize, and so is the number of people quietly...