by Melissa Muller | Mar 6, 2017 | Mental Health, Teen Mental Health
I am a week late as National Eating Disorders Awareness Week was last week! However, I think we need to be aware of the dangers and seriousness of eating disorders all year long.Eating Disorders are a serious mental illness which can be fatal. Eating disorders are...
by Melissa Muller | Jan 11, 2017 | Mental Health, Relationships
In my counseling practice and in my personal life I am frequently in contact with people who have lost someone or something through death, break up, natural disasters or other factors. At some point in our lives we all experience loss. Some losses will be more...
by Melissa Muller | Oct 4, 2016 | Parenting, Relationships, Teen Mental Health
I work a lot with youth and adolescents who say they are transgender. As we all know, Transgender is a big buzz word today. Sorting through what is going on with the child and his or her mental health issues is important. Families struggle with this issue. A lot of...
by Melissa Muller | Sep 12, 2016 | Mental Health, Positive Thinking
Negative events that happened in the past, may cause depression and negativity issues in the present, if we do not let them go. Louise Hay says it well:
by Melissa Muller | Sep 11, 2016 | Mental Health, Teen Mental Health
We all can work together to prevent the ones we love and those we are close to from following through with suicide. If you have lost someone by suicide you know the extreme pain it brings to those around the one who took his or her life. Suicide claims more deaths...
by Melissa Muller | Aug 14, 2016 | Mental Health
Guilt is something we feel badly for having done, it is about our behavior. If we were late picking up our child, we may feel guilty about it. If we had an argument with our spouse we may feel guilty about our part. Shame is when we feel badly about ourselves as...