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Proven Strategies to Control Anger and Frustration in Children

Proven Strategies to Control Anger and Frustration in Children: Unlocking the Key to Calm

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Children experience a gamut of emotions, just like adults. Anger and frustration are normal feelings that every child will experience. However, children may not yet have the emotional vocabulary or coping mechanisms to manage these intense emotions effectively (Denham, 2006).  These feelings can become even more pronounced and difficult to manage in children diagnosed with behavioral and mental health issues

Read More »
Social Skills and Emotional Regulation

Social Emotional Learning: Regulation Strategies for Home and School

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When a parent of a dysregulated kid comes to me, they not only express their worry about big overactions at home but how it affects the child socially. Lucas was a middle schooler who struggled with emotional and behavioral regulation his whole life.  He was already kicked out of three schools by the time I met him at age 12.

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Co-Regulation and Parenting Sharing Your CALM

Co-Regulation and Parenting: Sharing Your CALM

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Parenting is a rewarding but challenging journey that requires us to guide our children as they navigate the ups and downs of life. One of the most important skills we can teach our children is emotional regulation, which is the ability to manage big feelings and stay calm in the face of challenges.  However, teaching emotional regulation isn’t always easy,

Read More »
MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression

MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, and Depression

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When a child has a mental health condition or a special need, it is crucial for parents to understand all the potential factors that may contribute to their child’s health and well-being. That means a parent in their own educational journey may have heard about genetic mutations that affect mental health.  MTHFR genetic mutations are relatively common, and some studies

Read More »
Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When we’re not feeling our best or upset by something, and we talk to a friend, we may want to express our feelings but struggle to find the right words. Beyond feelings of sadness, we may struggle with intrusive thoughts and somatic symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and panic attacks that affect our daily activities. Anxiety and

Read More »
8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and intense fear that impacts your thinking and how your body feels. Intense worry can hijack your thinking and one can get stuck in a looping thought pattern. In everyday life, some things are bound to make us nervous and uncomfortable such as taking a major exam and

Read More »
EFT Tapping for Anxiety

5-Step EFT Tapping for Anxiety

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

With stress on the rise for both kids and adults, we all need tools that can reduce it that work effectively and are natural. EFT tapping is an evidence-based therapy that can quickly reduce anxious thoughts and sensations.  What is Tapping?   EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is an evidence-based alternative healing method for reducing stress and anxiety. It is based

Read More »
Failure to Launch How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Failure to Launch: How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

The increasing rate of anxiety, OCD and depression amongst teens and young adults is a world health crisis. On average it takes 11 years from the first signs of a mental health problem until a person gets proper mental health treatment. With failure to launch young adults, when you look back at their history as children and adolescents, you often

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An African American family expressing gratitude in a field.

How Gratitude Helps Anxiety and Depression

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

For those that successfully overcome or manage anxiety and depression, they have found that making changes to their lifestyle is the key to mental and physical wellness. They learn that if they feel negative, frustrated, or just plain sad, they can intently turn it around through mindfulness and the practice of gratitude.  You may have tried to be more grateful

Read More »
Proven Strategies to Control Anger and Frustration in Children

Proven Strategies to Control Anger and Frustration in Children: Unlocking the Key to Calm

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Children experience a gamut of emotions, just like adults. Anger and frustration are normal feelings that every child will experience. However, children may not yet have the emotional vocabulary or coping mechanisms to manage these intense emotions effectively (Denham, 2006).  These feelings can become even more pronounced and difficult to manage in children diagnosed with behavioral and mental health issues

Read More »
Social Skills and Emotional Regulation

Social Emotional Learning: Regulation Strategies for Home and School

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When a parent of a dysregulated kid comes to me, they not only express their worry about big overactions at home but how it affects the child socially. Lucas was a middle schooler who struggled with emotional and behavioral regulation his whole life.  He was already kicked out of three schools by the time I met him at age 12.

Read More »
Co-Regulation and Parenting Sharing Your CALM

Co-Regulation and Parenting: Sharing Your CALM

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Parenting is a rewarding but challenging journey that requires us to guide our children as they navigate the ups and downs of life. One of the most important skills we can teach our children is emotional regulation, which is the ability to manage big feelings and stay calm in the face of challenges.  However, teaching emotional regulation isn’t always easy,

Read More »
MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression

MTHFR and ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, and Depression

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When a child has a mental health condition or a special need, it is crucial for parents to understand all the potential factors that may contribute to their child’s health and well-being. That means a parent in their own educational journey may have heard about genetic mutations that affect mental health.  MTHFR genetic mutations are relatively common, and some studies

Read More »
Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Sadness, Anxiety, Depression: What’s the Difference?

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

When we’re not feeling our best or upset by something, and we talk to a friend, we may want to express our feelings but struggle to find the right words. Beyond feelings of sadness, we may struggle with intrusive thoughts and somatic symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, and panic attacks that affect our daily activities. Anxiety and

Read More »
8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

8 Easy Ways to Beat Anxiety Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and intense fear that impacts your thinking and how your body feels. Intense worry can hijack your thinking and one can get stuck in a looping thought pattern. In everyday life, some things are bound to make us nervous and uncomfortable such as taking a major exam and

Read More »
EFT Tapping for Anxiety

5-Step EFT Tapping for Anxiety

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

With stress on the rise for both kids and adults, we all need tools that can reduce it that work effectively and are natural. EFT tapping is an evidence-based therapy that can quickly reduce anxious thoughts and sensations.  What is Tapping?   EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) is an evidence-based alternative healing method for reducing stress and anxiety. It is based

Read More »
Failure to Launch How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Failure to Launch: How Anxiety and Depression Impacts Young Adults

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

The increasing rate of anxiety, OCD and depression amongst teens and young adults is a world health crisis. On average it takes 11 years from the first signs of a mental health problem until a person gets proper mental health treatment. With failure to launch young adults, when you look back at their history as children and adolescents, you often

Read More »
An African American family expressing gratitude in a field.

How Gratitude Helps Anxiety and Depression

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

For those that successfully overcome or manage anxiety and depression, they have found that making changes to their lifestyle is the key to mental and physical wellness. They learn that if they feel negative, frustrated, or just plain sad, they can intently turn it around through mindfulness and the practice of gratitude.  You may have tried to be more grateful

Read More »

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