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4 Signs That Your Teen May Be Playing Too Many Video Games
Video games can be very fun and a great way to spend time with family and friends, it can even help improve some cognitive functions but only when played in moderation. If it’s taking up too much of your life then it may be time to set some boundaries. You may be...
4 Ways Play Therapy Helps Children (and Their Families!)
Parents may wonder how play could possibly be therapeutic for children, or how a therapist uses play to help children heal. They may wonder how a simple, everyday activity in a child’s life such as playing, can be beneficial to them in a therapeutic way. Play therapy...
3 Parenting Hacks to Help an Angry Child
Anger in children can be confusing and difficult to navigate. Parents often don’t know where the anger is coming from or why their child is acting out. At the same time, children often feel angry with no way of communicating why or what they are feeling angry about....
How Therapy Works
Therapy really can work, but maybe not for the reasons you may think it does. Movies and TV have caricatured therapy in many negative ways, and often portray the space as sappy, shallow, unhelpful. I’d like to dispel some of the myths and give a clearer explanation as...
Thriving Through The Holidays
They’re here again…...The holidays. Depending on your past experience, that can inspire in you warm and nostalgic feelings of family traditions and close connection, or conversely feelings of dread, and anxiety; reminders of losses and past pain one would rather...
How to Live with Your Young Adult Children and Not Go Crazy!
Do you remember how you felt when you had that conversation or got that call or text message from your adult child asking if they could come back and live at home? Or maybe they never left! Did your heart sink? Did you feel angry or betrayed? Maybe you felt like you...
Cedar Tree is now IN-NETWORK with BlueCross BlueShield PPO!
Have you heard? Cedar Tree is now in-network with BlueCross Blue Shield PPO! In an effort to provide options for our clients and those who want to work with us, we’ve now made it easier to protect your family’s privacy and confidentiality. Now that we’re in-network...
How to Know if You Have Symptoms of PTSD
Many people have experienced emotional trauma and they don’t realize it. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Many of us have heard about PTSD, and we may associate it with war veterans who have returned from the battle field. Did you know that anyone can...
How To Know if Your Child Has Symptoms of Trauma
Many children have experienced emotional trauma and most parents don’t know how to identify it. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, complex trauma represents the impact of children’s experience of multiple traumatic events during their...
How to Promote Emotional Balance in Your Family – Part II
As we learned in Part I, kids depend on the adults in their world to help them regulate. Which means that parents can take the lead in promoting a regulating environment in their home, in addition to modeling regulation for their kids. Here are five strategies...
Cedar Tree's Mission:
There’s a lot of broken families who struggle to do life well together.
That’s why we help families create an environment where deeper connection & healing can happen.