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Children Are Bombarded With Violence in the News – Here’s How to Help Them Cope
With gun violence, war and other tragedies in the news, children are often exposed to scary images and information. Read more >>
What Is Children’s Mental Health?
Being mentally healthy during childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones and learning healthy social skills and how to cope when there are problems. Mentally healthy children have a positive quality of life and can function well at home, in Read more >>
DBT-Informed Treatment and Comprehensive DBT: A Comparison
Written by Pardis Khosravi, PsyD, Clinical Director and Licensed Psychologist, CHC Clinical Services and Patrice Crisostomo, PhD, Clinical Program Manager and Licensed Psychologist, CHC Clinical Services Suicide rates among ages 10-24, while stable from 2000 to 2007, jumped nearly 60 Read more >>
Talking To Adolescents and Teens About Mental Health
The first step in starting a conversation is to choose a good time. It’s really important to make space to be together without an agenda or pressure. Conversation tends to flow best when it naturally occurs. Read more >>
Why More Schools Are Adding Mental Health Breaks to the Calendar
This past fall, students and staff at close to 200 public schools in Wake County, N.C., which includes Raleigh, received an unexpected break. Schools were closed on November 12 for a day of reflection and preparation.” That same day, schools Read more >>
The Climb: A Mother & Son’s Journey to Acceptance
Parenting expert, author and educator, Julie Lythcott-Haims is well-known for her words of wisdom and encouragement. In this Voices of Compassion podcast episode — for the first time — we are invited to listen in on a heart-to-heart conversation between Read more >>
In this short video from Understood, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis explains the ways anxiety can surface in children with learning and thinking differences and offers suggestions that could help you and your child better manage it. Read more >>
It’s Not Your Fault. Okay, It Kinda Is.
Educator, author, and public speaker, and parent Julie Lythcott-Haims shares her perspective drawn from her own experience about how to re-pattern a family dynamic to reduce kids’ anxiety. Read more >>
What Does Childhood Anxiety Look Like? Probably Not What You Think.
The good news in all of this is that child anxiety is very treatable, especially with early intervention. Read more >>
Opinion: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Is Helping Young People Find Purpose During the Pandemic
written by Vidya Krishnan, Chief Psychiatrist and Medical Director, Children’s Health Council During my nearly 15 years as an adolescent psychiatrist, I have worked with hundreds of young people and their families seeking a path to mental health through problem-solving, Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
