When you wake up, how do you feel? If you’re like me, you probably feel like you want to go straight back to sleep at first, but as you wake up, that slowly evaporates and you feel ready to conquer the day (with maybe a...
Disordered eating is the ugly, ignored cousin to eating disorders. It often runs unidentified, never being noticed as a real threat until it's too late and it’s already transformed into a full blown eating disorder (ED). It seems that the media is striving to put...
Art is generally thought to be something you do in your free time, not something that can improve your mental health--but research says otherwise. An art therapy program is a program that combines aspects of psychotherapy and art in order to provide a therapeutic experience....
At ViewPoint, we have the ability to support teens who have struggled with anorexia in the past, although we are not strictly an anorexia treatment center. We can, however, provide an extra level of care towards other issues connected to the eating disorder. Eating disorders...
We all make mistakes, we all have imperfections--seriously, no one on the planet Earth is “perfect.” For some, this is easier to accept than others. For some, it’s nearly impossible not to think about all their flaws and agonize over failures. This type of dwelling...
Self regulation is not often a term used in relation with teenagers. That particular age is notorious for impulsivity, but for some teens it’s more than just a few bad decisions and mood swings. In serious cases, a teen could struggle with self control to...