by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Mar 15, 2023 | Teens
Mental health issues aren’t a new concept, and the therapy that treats them isn’t either. The origins of psychotherapy trace back thousands of years, but the psychotherapy practices that we are familiar with began around the mid-19th century. It seems like therapy...
by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Mar 13, 2023 | PTSD, Grief, Teens
Having one of your children pass away can cause an imaginable pain that refuses to fade. While the death of a person is a loss to all of those closest to them, their immediate family feels it the most. And if you’re a parent who lost a child, it’s easy to think of the...
by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Mar 12, 2023 | Lightfully Treatment
We all get cuts and bruises, right? When you see one on your teenager, you ask, “What happened?” and they’ll probably reply with something like, “My friend’s cat scratched me,” or “I hit my hand on a desk at school.” But what do you do when those cuts and scrapes...
by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Mar 11, 2023 | Teens, Self Harm, Suicidality
Suicide is a serious matter, but we often hear teens make “jokes” like “If I have to look at one more math equation, I’m going to kill myself,” or “I’d rather die than have to wake up early tomorrow.” While their tone may be light, the implication can still be...
by Lightfully Behavioral Health | Mar 10, 2023 | PTSD, Grief
What do you do when you want to help someone close to you who has PTSD, but they keep pushing you away? It’s never easy, especially when you see them struggle with a mental health disorder like PTSD. What is PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric...
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