Trauma & Anxiety Coping Skills: Tip of the Day
Christine Pancurak, LSW and Lead Trauma Clinician on the Adult Psychiatric Team at High Focus Centers in Freehold, NJ, demonstrates a common technique used to [...]
Trauma Recovery: 6 Ways Your Body Can Be an Ally
Written by Gwen Blumberg Islam, LSW, Clinician for High Focus Centers in Paramus Often after experiencing trauma, the body can start to feel disconnected or [...]
How to Overcome Health Anxiety: 3 Helpful Tips
Health anxiety is an obsessive and often irrational worry about suffering from serious medical conditions. It is more formally known as illness anxiety, and used [...]
Focus on: Reducing Stress via Guided Visualization
Danielle Minkin, Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Registered Art Therapist for High Focus Centers in New Jersey, shares a guided visualization reading - a [...]
Insights On: Safety Planning
Dr. Kai-ping Wang, Chief Medical Officer of High Focus Centers, identifies and defines Safety Planning as an important facet of mental health care often used [...]
A Pet’s Unconditional Love: Tip of the Day
Erica Stern, LSW, Coordinator of Adolescent Services for High Focus Centers in Branchburg, NJ, shares how animals can help bring us a sense of calm [...]
Self-Care Tips for Parents During Times of Heightened Stress: Tip of the Day
Michele Feinberg, MD, Psychiatric Director for High Focus Centers in Norwalk, CT, shares the importance of self-care for parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We [...]
Managing Grief and Loss: Tip of the Day
Jenna Welsh, MA, LAC, Associate Coordinator of Adolescent Psychiatric Services at High Focus Centers in Cranford, NJ, shares some helpful tips for managing feelings of [...]
Focus on: Self-Compassion Strategies During Quarantine
Marlena Mignano, LSW with High Focus Centers in Freehold, New Jersey, discusses the importance of self-compassion during this time of quarantine and social distancing. Much [...]
Healing Heavy Emotions: Tip of the Day
Morgan Crease, LSW, Adolescent Clinician at High Focus Centers in Lawrenceville, NJ, discusses how mindfulness can help you deal with heavy emotions such as anger, [...]