Janet Vessels
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Searching for Alte ative Treatments
Danny can’t sit still in his Kindergarten classroom and while on the carpet he constantly disrupts the other students with fidgeting. He is unable to focus on learning to read and his writing is messy with so many mistakes if it were correct the best deciphering could not make it out. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects three to five percent of school-age children and some surveys put the percentage as high as seventeen percent. Many parents worry about t
October 20, 2011
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Play: It’s Just Good for You!
Fall is here and the holidays are just around the corner. The urge to get outside and enjoy the last days of nice weather has everyone excited to say, Let’s Play! Play is essential for human survival. It’s good for your mental health! What happens in the body and brain when you play? Dr. Stuart Brown, founder of the National Institute of Play, author of Play and Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., author of Playful Parenting, each report that brains are made up of billions of neurons
October 20, 2011
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A Search for Independence or Oppositional and Defiant Behaviors
Does your child argue with you until you are “blue in the face?” If you often have a reasonable request and somehow it turns into a power struggle; and if you cannot get your adolescent to accept responsibility for any misbehavior--they may be defiant and oppositional. If their negative hostile attitude makes you want to avoid conflicts and their anger, and are filled with resentment and spitefulness almost daily--they may have oppositional and defiant disorder. When they see
October 20, 2011
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Finding Your Way in the Maze of Mental Health Care
As this is an initial article for this venue I struggle deciding the subject to address and what is important to the readers. My struggle is similar to those my new clients share with me when they initiated their search for mental health care. Their dilemma, like mine, is “Where do I begin?” and “What is important to share?” and is similar to anyone search for help in the maze of mental health care. “Am I normal or am I really crazy?” and “who and where do I turn to for help?
October 19, 2011
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Center for Child and Family Counseling, PLLC
Mental health and family therapy, and associated mental health services for children, adolescents and families.
October 24, 2011
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Janet Vessels, M.S. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
mental health counseling for children, adolescents and adults
June 4, 2008