March 26, 2021
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My Journey to Help Youth

My journey in mental health practice began many years before I started my current program at Aurora University. Growing up was tough. I could never sit […]
April 22, 2020

Coping With Conflict during Stay at Home Orders

It is said that sometimes “familiarity breeds contempt.”  While we all hope for chances to enjoy our family while under the State or Federal “Shelter in […]
March 3, 2020

What Parents Need to Know About Recreational Marijuana Becoming Legal

By Krista Sherinian, LCSW Some advocates of legalized cannabis worry about how legalization is playing out in the states — with concerns that a “Big Marijuana” […]
February 5, 2020

Marijuana and Adolescent Brain Development

As a Therapist, Certified Addictions Counselor and Cereset brain rebalancing technician (Cereset.com), the issue of adolescent brain development and marijuana use is critical in my mind, […]
June 10, 2018

Kids Summer Art Projects for Emotional Health

Now that summer is here, many parents are hearing from their children that they are bored or are  noticing them spending too much free time with […]
April 29, 2018

Family Stress Getting to You? Self-Care for Parents

Raising children is one of the most rewarding, wonderful, and thrilling experiences in life.  It’s also one of the most exhausting, tiring, challenging, anxiety-provoking, energy-draining processes […]
January 29, 2018

Causes of Stress and Anxiety in Youth

  The youth of today live in a challenging, fast-paced  world that often has them, and the adults living with them, overwhelmed and perplexed.  Our humanity […]
November 16, 2016

Chicago Cubs World Series Championship: What we can learn from it

As I take my morning walks here in suburban Chicago,  I notice the ‘W’ flags still waving in the breeze, reminding me of the Chicago Cubs […]
September 23, 2014

National Addiction Recovery Month

Facts about Addiction Treatment for National Recovery Month National Recovery Month is a national observance sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) […]