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It's Spring Break, and then...the final push. Grit is a particularly important topic during this season, where teens begin to experience the end-of-year slump. Between holidays, midterms, and school fatigue, teens and young adults are feeling less inspired around academic, career, and personal goals. In this series, we are going to explore the benefits of sticking with it through the hard times, and the gifts that present themselves when you keep going.

It is not a secret that credit cards are maxing out, banks are lowering credit card limits, and lay-offs are happening….

High-risk refers to severe multiple risk factors with few protective factors to mitigate adverse outcomes. It encompasses behaviors that can result in adverse consequences that outweigh the potential gains and may delay or harm adolescent development. During the process of growing from a child to adult, adolescents may make choices that could put their health and wellbeing at risk.

Learned helplessness happens when a person is repeatedly exposed to stressors outside of their control. The person feels powerless and does not attempt to make changes to alter their environment or experience. Learned helplessness can sound like: “My day was bad as usual.” Or “What’s the use, why bother?”Characteristics of learned helplessness include:

Boundaries are a part of all healthy relationships. Many often think of a fence when envisioning boundaries – a clear divide. However, psychological boundaries are less fixed and change based on circumstances including the situation, personal values, physical, emotional, and social capacity.

At MTLC, many of our teen clients struggle with self-defeating beliefs.   What are they? Self-defeating beliefs are more than negative...

Statistics show the holiday season is a difficult time for many people for a number of reasons.