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Navigating the Digital World: Effective Ways for Parents to Manage Teen Screen Time

Navigating the Digital World: Effective Ways for Parents to Manage Teen Screen Time

In today's digital age, screens have become an integral part of our lives, and teenagers are no exception. Whether it's smartphones, tablets, computers, or gaming consoles, screens offer teens endless opportunities for entertainment, education, and social connection. However, excessive screen time c ...

July 18, 2023 by David Kellner

Understanding Polyvagal Theory: Unraveling the Mind-Body Connection

Understanding Polyvagal Theory: Unraveling the Mind-Body Connection

Have you ever wondered why your heart races or palms sweat during a particularly stressful situation? Or why your child can exude such a sense of calm during moments of safety curled up on your lap? The Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, offers a fascinating perspective on the mind-b ...

July 03, 2023 by David Kellner

Building the Mind/Body Connection with Your Child

Building the Mind/Body Connection with Your Child

The mind-body connection is a powerful tool that can help children to better understand and manage their emotions, physical sensations, and overall well-being. By teaching kids how to build the mind-body connection, parents and caregivers can help children develop important skills that will benefit ...

April 19, 2023 by David Kellner

Does my child need therapy?

Does my child need therapy?

It's normal for children to go through periods of emotional and behavioral ups and downs. Most parents will readily testify that raising children is not always predictable and the responses from children to any given circumstance could range from outsized to underwhelming. But, you may have fo ...

March 22, 2023 by David Kellner

What is your Parenting Style?

What is your Parenting Style?

As parents, we all have what might be considered our better moments and those moments with our children that we wish we could take back. While our responses vary with the almost infinite factors that influence our day-to-day,  typically our interactions and approaches to our children can be cha ...

March 07, 2023 by David Kellner

How To Understand Childhood Behaviors - The Clues Not The Causes

How To Understand Childhood Behaviors - The Clues Not The Causes

Over this past weekend, I had an experience some might recognize. I was in a local grocerystore, attempting to make sense of the shopping list I had quickly scribbled out, when myattention was drawn to presumably a father and his son half way down the same aisle. The littleboy may have been nearing ...

April 20, 2022 by David Kellner

Welcome to Our New Website

Welcome to Our New Website

Thank you for visiting our new blog! We are grateful that you have sifted the web and have landed here. We are hopeful that this blog will serve as a way for you to get to know us as a practice and as clinicians and can become a resource for you and your family.Our story begins in early 2005 with a ...

March 21, 2022 by David Kellner

The Value of Dark

The Value of Dark

On August 21st, all of North America was treated to one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights: a solar eclipse. If you were lucky enough to be in the path of totality, you may have been left as I was, awed to silence.A total solar eclipse occurs when the disk of the moon appears to completely cover ...

October 28, 2017 by David Kellner

Star Wars and Anxiety

Star Wars and Anxiety

With the resurgence of the Star Wars empire (after a somewhat uninspiring prequel series), I am drawn to consider my first experience with the epic, intergalactic world. I was 8 years old, when my father took my brother and I to see the Return of the Jedi at our local elementary school some years af ...

December 19, 2016 by David Kellner