Equilibrium Counseling Services Blog
Understanding Executive Functioning: A Guide for Teens and Parents
Executive functioning is a set of mental skills that help individuals manage their thoughts, actions, and emotions to achieve goals. These skills are essential for planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention to and remembering details, and managing time and space. For Teens that are ADHD and/or Autistic, understanding executive functioning is crucial as it often poses significant challenges.
Moreno Valley College Lavender Graduation Keynote
“Mental wellness is found in the collection of seemingly small moments and actions that create Authenticity, Community and align with your Why.”
Our founder, Jamie Roberts, LMFT, was invited to deliver the Keynote Speech at Moreno Valley College's Lavender Graduation on May 28, 2024. A Lavender Graduation is a celebration that highlights LGBTQIA2+ student accomplishments.https://www.hrc.org/resources/lavender-graduation.
In her speech, Jamie covers her journey to her authentic self and shares how she believes you can live an authentic life.
The Value of Self-Identifying Autism
The internet is asking “Why does it seem like everyone is autistic now?” In this month’s blog, Jamie explains the increase in Autism diagnosis, and weighs in on the validity of self diagnosing/identifying.
Navigating the Mid-Semester Slump: Strategies to Prevent and Treat Burnout for Students
Do you find yourself exhausted both emotionally and physically?
Is it harder to feel motivated to get work done?
Do you feel easily annoyed and/or down in the dumps?
These are some signs that you are experiencing burn out.
As the excitement of the new year wanes and the middle of the semester approaches, many high school and college students find themselves caught in the grip of burnout. The stress of assignments, exams, and extracurricular activities can take a toll on mental and physical well-being. Here are some strategies to help students prevent and treat burnout as they navigate the challenging mid-semester slump before the much-needed spring break.
Eating Disorder Awareness Month
February is Eating Disorder Awareness Month. Eating Disorders are complex mental and physical illnesses, affecting both the physical and mental wellbeing of those who have them. In this blog post, we’ll explore different types of eating disorders, treatment options, and how to raise awareness about eating disorders and the environmental factors that contribute to their development.
We Can Help You Find a Therapist
It’s a new year and you decided it’s time that you finally find a therapist. Every week it’s on your to do list but it never gets checked off. You have no idea where to begin finding care and you don’t understand how your insurance works anyway. And once you call, what are you even supposed to ask?
The good news is it’s totally okay to not have any answers before reaching out for therapy.
It is our job to learn more about you, provide answers to questions you don’t even know you have, and do all of the heavy lifting.
Here is what you can expect from our process on a human level. We value individuality, collaboration and building trust when handling new inquiries.
Self-Care in Today’s World
The world right now is full of overwhelming heartbreak. Navigating the day to day may seem like too much, and, if you’re like me, you want to press pause on the world and just have a moment to process and catch your breath...Because we can’t hit pause in life, we have to try and do what is in our control to help cope.
Surviving the Holidays
If we come from families where boundaries are not that clear or respected and communication isn’t great, navigating the holidays can be exhausting and maybe even a little miserable. It’s not an easy or obvious transition into being an adult family member.
Getting Angry at Diet Culture
“Diet culture is everywhere; from the shows we watch on tv, the nutrition classes we are required to take at school, to perhaps even the ways in which our family members talk about their own bodies.”
What is an ADHD Life Coach?
“You inherently have your own ‘adapt-abilities’ as well, and we can create plans and routines together that embrace your natural ‘adapt-abilities.’”
NeuroQueer, Pride 2023
Providing neurodivergent affirming therapy must include LGBTQIA+ affirming care, one can’t exist without the other.
