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How Dr. Megan Burleson Helps People With ADHD Navigate College, Work, and Life More Successfully
Life as a teen, college student, or young professional can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re living with ADHD. Juggling assignments, jobs, friendships, and personal goals requires strong executive functioning skills—things like planning, organization, time management, and emotional regulation. When ADHD makes those skills harder to access, it can feel like you’re constantly climbing uphill while…
Helping Parents Navigate the Challenges of Raising Kids Today
Parenting has always come with challenges, but raising children in today’s world can feel overwhelming. Between the pressures of social media, the prevalence of substances like marijuana and alcohol, and the constant stream of conflicting parenting advice, it’s no wonder that so many parents feel anxious, uncertain, and even self-critical. In fact, if you asked…
Fall Is the Season to Put Yourself Back on the List
When the air turns crisp and the evenings come sooner, many of us naturally shift toward small comforts—hot cocoa, a cozy blanket, maybe a fire in the fireplace. These rituals matter. They help us slow down and savor the season. But sometimes, as nourishing as they feel, they aren’t enough to refill our cups. For…
Early Brain Damage in Contact Sports: What New Study Reveals About Risk to Young Athletes
In 2018, we wrote an advice column addressing a parent’s concerns about long-term brain damage that can result from contact sports. Now, with new research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Boston University, it’s time to revisit this critical topic. A new study published this month reveals that even young contact-sport athletes show…
Advice Column: Why are people so unfriendly lately?
Question: I have always been the type to wave and say “hi” when I pass people in the neighborhood. Lately, though, I’ve noticed more and more people stare ahead or even look annoyed when I greet them. It makes me wonder if friendliness is going out of style. Why is this happening, and how can…
Advice Column: Why are people so mean on the internet?
Question: I’ve always been a positive, happy-go-lucky, encouraging person, but online, it feels like no good deed goes unpunished. When I leave supportive or helpful comments in professional Facebook groups, I sometimes get criticized, or even mocked, for little things like a typo. Why are people so negative online, and how can I stop taking…
How ACT Helps with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
At Kentlands Psychotherapy, we meet many people who struggle with anxiety and panic attacks. These experiences can feel overwhelming—your heart races, your breath shortens, you feel dizzy, or you might have numbness or tingling in your fingers and toes, you might feel nauseous, and your thoughts often spiral. It’s very common that the first time…
Are You Asking About AI Use?
A Case For Asking Every Mental Health Client About Their Chatbot Use Over the years, I’ve witnessed several versions of our evolving digital landscape that are shaping patients’ lives. In the early 2000s, I was an expert witness in a court case where an individual had developed an eBay auction “addiction.” He was compulsively bidding…
Why We Take Our Time With Intake at Kentlands Psychotherapy
At Kentlands Psychotherapy, we believe the very first step in therapy—the intake process—sets the tone for everything that follows. Research consistently shows that the quality of the therapeutic alliance, the relationship between therapist and client, is the single strongest predictor of success in therapy, even more than the type of therapy used. That’s why we…
What Freya India Gets Right—and Wrong—About Girls’ Mental Health
The Digital Age’s Impact on Girls’ Mental Health By Dr. Elizabeth Carr, Founder, Kentlands Psychotherapy Freya India, pop culture influencer, has quickly become one of the most compelling and insightful cultural critics writing about the mental health crisis among young women and girls. Her voice is urgent, passionate, and clearly attuned to the social and…
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