by Melissa Muller | Mar 6, 2017 | General Mental Health, Teens
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 | Oct 4, 2016 | Teens
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 11, 2016 | General Mental Health, Teens
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 | Sep 1, 2015 | Couples, Teens
I have spent a significant amount of time working with families who are experiencing divorce. I recently worked with two families going through the divorce process. The parents in the first family did not talk about the other parent in front of the children, worked...
by Melissa Muller | May 18, 2014 | Teens
Do you have a child who has been or is being bullied? Bullying is a very real epidemic in our society. Studies show that up to half of children are bullied at some point during their school years and more than 10% are bullied over long periods of time. On any given...
by Melissa Muller | Apr 11, 2014 | Teens
Do you know someone who cuts, burns, picks, or otherwise harms themselves? Self mutilation is a common occurrence among adolescents. I see the beginnings of it in children who are in middle school. One youth will try the behavior and then tell others to try it. ...
