Ring in the New Year with Less Stress
Ring in the New Year with Less Stress KPRC Houston Life
3 Things I’ve Learned after 4 Years at The Lovett Center
The Lovett Center recently turned four years old. As I sit back and reflect on this achievement and the journey it’s been, I am incredibly thankful for all of the people—past and present—that have helped get us to this place. Everyone that has walked in and out of this building has left a mark here…
Navigating Teen Substance Abuse
Adolescence can be a time during which young people may experiment with substance use. For some adolescents, experimentation can turn into dependence. For a parent or guardian of a teen, this can introduce feelings of fear, frustration, shame and guilt and navigating such a situation can be extremely challenging. To address teen substance abuse, there…
Words on Recovery from The Lovett Center Clinicians
Created by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Recovery Month is designed to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. To honor this month, The Lovett Center clinicians took the time to reflect on…
4 Tips for Helping Kids Have a Successful School Year
As a new school year gets underway, it is not uncommon for parents and students to experience anxiety about a number of issues. Some common concerns are academic performance, fitting in at a new school, adjusting to a higher educational level such as moving from middle school to high school and dealing with bullies, the…
Warning Signs of Back to School Drug Use
Warning Signs of Back to School Drug Use KPRC Click 2 Houston
5 Ways Parents Can Work To Prevent Teen Drug Use
Proactive substance use prevention, as opposed to reactive substance use treatment, can save families time, emotional stress, and energy. Research supports the notion that approaching difficult topics with children and teens non-confrontationally and with support as opposed to using intimidation and threats can be one of the most effective ways to prevent your child from…
How Houstonians Can Reduce Stress
How Houstonians Can Reduce Stress KRIV Fox 26 Houston
Healing From Trauma Through Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
When a disturbing experience happens, memories are stored in the brain with sights, sounds, thoughts and feelings. Through upsetting or traumatizing experiences, the brain seems to be unable to process the happening as it does normally. Rather, the event seems to become frozen in time and remembering it feels as bad as the initial experience.…
The Case for Therapy, And Which Level of Care is Right For You
Famously, Freud—when asked as to the purpose of psychotherapy—responded that the goals of therapy are the same as the goals of living: to love and to work[1]. Indeed most people enter into therapy due to some disturbance in their basic functioning in their profession and/or relationships. How Can Therapy Help? Therapy can help you:…
