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Teens and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

By Shawna Johnson, BSW, MSW Intern

Posted: May 24, 2019

Working with teens is very eye opening and for me it is incredibly rewarding. Teens bring so much intelligence and youthful spirit into my every day counseling experience. When teens come into the practice, they are usually coming in to please their parents because their...

Sleep Hygiene

By Shawna Johnson, BSW, MSW Intern

Self-Care

Mindfulness Sleep Relaxation

Posted: April 11, 2019

Sleep Hygiene: When people hear the word hygiene, they think of areas such as showering or brushing your teeth. Most people do not think about sleep and often forget that sleep is a huge area of hygiene. Without enough sleep, sleep deprivation can set in...

Bullying

By Shawna Johnson, BSW, MSW Intern

Bullying Story

Bullying

Posted: January 25, 2019

In today’s society, the term bullying is still as prevalent today as it was in the past. Kids still hurt each other physically and emotionally and now have moved onto the idea of cyber-bullying, which is using the Internet to ones advantage to hurt another....