When Medication Might Help Your Child — and How to Talk About It (includes a quiz)
Deciding whether your child might benefit from medication is one of the harder calls a parent makes. The good news is that this is one …
Parenting
Is There a Connection Between ADHD and Autism?
If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, autism, or is being evaluated for either, you may be wondering whether the two are related. The …
Helping Kids Manage School Stress
The first-week jitters are long gone. Lockers are assigned, routines are set, and yet — a few weeks or months in — the stomachaches, the …
Black Maternal Health: The Numbers Tell a Troubling Story
“Recently, while completing additional training in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International, I encountered a set of statistics that stopped me in my tracks,” writes …
Adolescent IOP near me: a parent’s guide to choosing the right teen program
If you’re searching for an adolescent IOP (intensive outpatient program) near you, you’ve probably already realized that weekly therapy isn’t enough for what your teen is dealing with, but a hospital or …
Harnessing Children’s Neurodivergent Strengths
Neurodivergent children are not broken. They are not a neurotypical child with pieces missing. They are a whole person, wired differently, and that difference comes …
Does my child need help?
Every parent has had this moment: your kid seems off. Sad for no clear reason, wound up with worry, snapping at everyone in the house, …
Child psychiatrist in Franklin, TN: faster access to medication management for kids and teens
If you’re a Williamson County parent trying to find a child psychiatrist, you’ve probably already hit the wall: Vanderbilt’s child psychiatry program carries waitlists of …
The Parent’s Guide to Play Therapy: What It Is and How It Works
You searched, “my child won’t stop having tantrums” at 11 p.m. Or maybe it was, “anxious 6 year old won’t go to school.” Whatever brought you here, you’ve probably landed on the …
Teen mental health treatment in Tennessee: a parent’s guide to what’s actually available
If you’ve been trying to find real help for your teenager somewhere in Tennessee, and you keep hitting the same walls, you’re not alone. What you’re experiencing isn’t because you’re missing …