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Adolescents & Young Adults

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Adolescents & Young Adults The adolescent and  teenage  years are difficult. The combination of peer and societal pressures, plus the tumultuous life transitions that accompany these years (hormonal, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and sexual), can make life very challenging during this time. These  difficulties  often don’t ease and frequently increase as teenagers enter college and early adulthood. The pressures can feel overwhelming and often lead to serious and occasionally dangerous  mental health problems , such as: Depression Anxiety Behavioral problems Substance use School problems Phobias Eating disorders Research has demonstrated that most mental health disorders are developmental in nature and typically start early in life. Many people who suffer from mental health difficulties showed signs before they were 24 years old. This is true for conditions that are well known to have onset in childhood, such as autism and ADHD, but also for mood, anxiety, and psychoti
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The Signs You’re In A Toxic Relationship & How To Break Free

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 The Signs You’re In A Toxic Relationship & How To Break Free  By Coral Arvon, PhD / Adult counseling Aventura, FL Before you can get out of a toxic relationship, you have to admit you are in one. Recognize the red flags and the signs you’re in a toxic relationship by asking yourself these seven questions: 1 – Can you be yourself with your partner? 2 – Is your partner critical of you, constantly challenging your viewpoints? 3 – Are there equal amounts of “give and take” in your relationship? 4 – Do you share major values like integrity? 5 – Do you feel up or down around your partner? 6 – Do you feel like you are in a committed relationship? 7 – Do you feel good about yourself when you are with your partner? Relationships are an investment in yourself and your life. Depending on your answers to the above questions, you may want to consider whether you are making a good investment or not. In the best of relationships, there will be times that are more challenging than others, but w
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Eating Disorder

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 Eating Disorder  Eating disorders are severe and persistent disturbances of eating and eating behaviors. According to The National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders (ANAD), an estimated 30 million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder. It spares no gender, age, SES, religion, or race. Eating disorders also have the highest mortality rate among any mental illness (National Institute of Mental Health ). Although the basis of an eating disorder is usually not about food, it manifests as a person’s life feeling consumed by behaviors such as calorie counting, monitoring numbers on a scale, body checking, excessive exercise, or planning the next binge/purge episode. Dropping out from essential areas of life and becoming isolated from loved ones may feel reminiscent of an addiction or a toxic relationship. Still, for many, this is also a descriptor of what it may feel like to struggle with an eating disorder. Due to the complex nature of eating disorders
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Depression

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 Depression Are you feeling helpless and hopeless, as if nothing will improve? Do you feel tired, sluggish, and that you have no energy? Do you feel worthless and guilty and often rebuke yourself? Do you feel angry or irritable, and everyone gets on your nerves? Have you lost interest in daily activities? Do you need help making decisions and concentrating? Are you constantly having negative thoughts? Are your relationships suffering as a result of your mood? Have you lost your appetite or can’t stop eating? Are you consuming more alcohol than usual or engaging in reckless behavior? At Arvon and Associates , we are experts in treating depression without medication. Our treatment modalities include but are not limited to Cognitive- Behavior Therapy , DBT, EFT, Psychodynamic therapy , and hypnosis.
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