Health and Healing Therapy Blog
Articles written by Health and Healing Therapy therapists
The Therapeutic Power of Pets
Animals are amazing creatures that roam the Earth, a beautiful presence of life we often take for granted. We typically see them every day in the outdoors, and, at some point in our history on the planet, decided to bring them home and add them to our own families. By...
6 Parenting Tips to Help Your Child Who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Succeed
You may ask yourself, “What do I have to do to get my child to do their homework, do their chores, eat right, stop forgetting things, and just be successful?!?” Parents may hit this wall with their child and feel like they are failing as a parent because their child...
12 Date Night Ideas to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in and around the Bartlett, Illinois area
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it’s time to plan a date night with your partner! Researcher and Creator of the Marriage Therapy and Couples Counseling Approach called the Gottman Method, Dr. John Gottman states “Successful long-term relationships are...
Coping with Anxiety as School Resumes
Now that the holiday season has come to a close, the beginning of another school semester begins. Each new semester can bring along with it a lot of fear and worry for anxious teens. There are new classes to attend, new teachers to meet, and new classmates to...
Ways To Start Practicing Anti-Racism
Ibram X. Kendi once said “The opposite of racist is not ‘not racist.’ It is ‘anti-racist.’”” Within the pages of his book, How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram further explains that being anti-racist involves confronting racial inequities and locates the root of problems in...
Passive Social Media Usage and Ways to Combat It
At times, it feels like we have access to entire worlds at our fingertips -- all through the use of our smartphones. Our phones have fantastic capabilities, allowing us to document important moments through photos, navigate our way around a new town, or make dinner...
How do I know if I need therapy, intensive treatment, or if I should go to the hospital?
It's important to be an educated consumer of mental health care and to know what is available to you when you need support, help, and care. When a person has a fever, pain, or notices a change within their body, they know to visit the doctor. When someone breaks a...
Therapist Spotlight: Colleen Koncilja LCSW, CADC, ICGC-II, BACC
We at Health and Healing Therapy want to give you the opportunity to get to know our therapists, what their clients struggle with, how they help, and who they are. We believe that connection and comfort with your therapist is vital to growth and healing, so we hope...
Therapist Spotlight with Reshma Lagomarcino LCPC, RYT
We at Health and Healing Therapy want to give you the opportunity to get to know our therapists, what their clients struggle with, how they help, and who they are. We believe that connection and comfort with your therapist is vital to growth and healing, so we hope...
25 Tips to Help You and Your Child not only Survive but Thrive at Remote Learning
While most things this year in 2020 have changed dramatically for parents, how remote or hybrid school looks, may be one of the changes that is more prevalent. Most kids and teens are doing online learning, and families not only have to navigate every family member...
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