By: Steve Greenman, MA, LPC, NCC Sam came into my office with fear in his eyes. His father had called me and stated he needed to find some help for his boy – all had not been right for a while. Sam was a freshman in college and had been doing outstanding in his …
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We were visiting our recently married friends, I asked the wife, “What didn’t you expect in marriage?” She said, “I thought the wow would end.” “That’s great that it has continued,” thinking it was a weird way of saying that there was still a spark or flame in the marriage. “No, I thought the World …
“All teenagers are risk-takers, moody, and get embarrassed by their parents.” “They are angry and hate adults.” “They only listen to their friends.” Are these statements really true? Sarah-Jayne Blakemore discusses why teenagers seem more impulsive and less self-aware than grown-ups. She compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to adults. Often typically “teenage” behavior is caused by …