Lindsey Leason

Stressed Out? Music is the Cure!

in Academic Stress / Anxiety / E-News / Mental Health / Stress / Stress Management / Uncategorized by Lindsey Leason March 31, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: Stephen McLeod Blythe – Muzak Stephanie Olano ACS Outpatient Counseling Program Clinical Intern Music has played a very important role in my life. From the time I was 10-years-old I could list the various bands that were heavily influenced by The Beatles. Adults found this impressive, but I found this knowledge strange and confusing because they […]

Concentrates: When Marijuana Doesn’t Look Like Marijuana

in Cannabis Concentrates / Drugs & Alcohol / Marijuana / Uncategorized by Lindsey Leason March 17, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: Brad Bethell By Evan Sahn ACS’ Outpatient Counseling Intern As a substance abuse counselor, one of my many responsibilities is to assist adolescents and families in achieving reduction in substance use, resolve internal family conflicts, resolve psychological issues that drive substance use, and eventually achieve sobriety. That being said, we do spend some of […]

The Art of Saying “No”

in Parent Role Models / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting by Lindsey Leason March 10, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: Heather Wiliams JoAnn Kukulus, ACS Outpatient Counseling Services Intern During adolescence, a great deal of communication that is initiated from teens toward their parents entails a request for permission to engage in an activity (sleepover, concert, party, use the car, etc.) or acquire a desired object (new clothes, athletic equipment, video game, etc.). Responsible […]

Stress management for beginners – and the rest of us!

in Stress / Stress Management by Lindsey Leason March 3, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho By Charlotte Villemoes, LMFT On-Campus Counseling Program Site Director, Woodside High School Every day, all of us experience some sort of stress. Most of the teens I meet in my private and professional life will at some point talk about how stressed they are; they talk about feeling overwhelmed by school demands, […]

Motivational Interviewing and Self-Care Workshop

in ACS News / Agency by Lindsey Leason February 24, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Friday, March 27, 2015 from 9 am – 4 pm Location: PAUSD District Offices, 25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto Fee: $50 per person (Refreshments and light lunch included) All professionals in the mental health field are welcome to take part in this one day, two-part workshop, exploring the spirit of motivational interviewing (MI) and self-care for […]

What is the Choking Game?

in Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting / Teen Peer Groups / Teen self-esteem / Uncategorized by Lindsey Leason February 18, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

By Beverly Reyes ACS Outpatient Counseling Services Intern Source: http://tweenparenting.about.com/od/healthfitness/f/ChokingGame.htm Question: What is the Choking Game? Answer: The choking game is a dangerous practice of tweens and teens in which they self-strangulate in order to achieve a brief high. The high is the result of oxygen rushing back to the brain after it’s cut off by the practice of strangulation. […]

A Parent’s Guide to Teen Depression

in Behavioral Norms / Depression / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting by Lindsey Leason February 5, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Source: http://www.pamfblog.org/ Meg Durbin, M.D. a board-certified internist and pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Although being moody and irritable is often normal for teenagers, depression is not simply a side effect of growing up. Depression is a serious medical condition that affects approximately one in five teens before they reach adulthood and is the leading […]

Part 2: Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing Depression: Recovery

in Depression / Mental Health / Teen Therapy by Lindsey Leason February 3, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

image: Laura Smith “How Fun” Continuation of “Part 1:Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing Depression” Note: This essay was authored by a local student to document a personal experience with depression. The writer, with parental support, was able to access professional help. Significantly, the author felt they could not share this experience openly, fearing […]

Speak! Feel! Be! Youth and Parent Support Group

in ACS News / After-School Counseling / Agency by Lindsey Leason February 3, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Adolescent Counseling Services has a new 8-week support group for youth and parents to express their feelings in a safe, welcoming environment. The support group begins Saturday, February 14, 2015, from 10 am to 11:30 am at ACS offices (1717 Embarcadero Rd, Ste 4000, Palo Alto, CA 94303). The first 4 weeks will be for […]

Part 1:Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing Depression

in Depression / Mental Health / Stigma by Lindsey Leason January 27, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

image: Carlos Perez “Teen Dreams” Note:This essay was authored by a local student to document a personal experience with depression. The writer, with parental support, was able to access professional help. Significantly, the author felt they could not share this experience openly, fearing stigma. I don’t know how it started, or how it took over […]