Understanding a few basics of what is happening in the brain of an adolescent prior to an impulsive and destructive behavior (i.e., self-injury, fighting, etc.) will help you walk through the lies, negative thoughts, and emotions that often drive these behaviors. The goal is to teach them when they are being hooked by lies from the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Basic Brain Function and Emotional Hijacking
Posted: August 26, 2010 in Adolescent Development, Mental Health, TeensTags: Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Conditions and Diseases, Emotion, Health, Limbic System, Neurological Disorders, Trauma and Injuries
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Examining False Core Beliefs
Posted: August 18, 2010 in Adolescent Development, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Parenting, TeensTags: Albert Ellis, Belief, depression, Happiness, Health, Mental health, Self-esteem, Self-Help
Research has found that a number of core beliefs identified by the psychologist Albert Ellis are consistently linked to self-dislike and depression. I see these in many young people today and they go largely unchallenged by adults because many of the adults in their lives are handicapped by the same irrational beliefs. Below is a [...]
How Thin Is Thin Enough?
Posted: August 17, 2010 in Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Teens, Youth MinistryTags: Ann Taylor, BodyImage, Disorders, Eating, Eating Disorder, Health, Jonny Diaz, Mental health, model
Our friends over at Fuller Youth Institute published a great post today about the messages we are sending our young girls. They referred to an article in the Huffington Post about photos of models that have been touched up to make the model look thinner. As a father of three young girls I’m concerned that [...]
Coping With Burnout
Posted: July 1, 2010 in Mental Health, Misc., Spirituality, Teens, Uncategorized, Youth MinistryTags: Abba, Burn-Out, burnout, God, Health, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Suicide, Youth Ministry, Youth worker
For youth workers (paid or volunteer), there can be nothing more frightening than the belief that something terrible might happen to a student that you have invested so much time and energy in. As a substance abuse counselor, I struggle with the reality that one day someone could overdose and die regardless of how much I try [...]
