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Isn’t there an ‘App’ for that?! Real perspective on College Application Anxiety

in Academic Stress / Anxiety / Applying for College / Community Counseling / Depression / E-News / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Perfectionism / Stress / Stress Management / Teen Self-Image / Uncategorized by Adolescent Counseling Services December 1, 2016January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: JoAnn Kukulus, MFTI, On-Campus Counseling Program Site Coordinator Cooler weather, changing seasons, shorter days, Autumn holidays…..COLLEGE APPLICATIONS!!! High school students in general are reporting greater stress than ever and with deadlines for submitting college applications. Admission to next fall’s academic term is rapidly approaching, and to be perfectly honest, now is possibly one of […]

Here’s How Schools Can Support Students’ Mental Health

in Academic Stress / Anxiety / Behavioral Norms / Co-Occuring Disorders / Depression / Disorders / E-News / Mental Health / On-Campus Counseling / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Perfectionism / Stigma / Stress / Stress Management / Teen self-esteem / Uncategorized by Adolescent Counseling Services October 4, 2016January 27, 2022 0 comments

Written By: Meg Anderson, nprED About one in five children in the United States shows signs of a mental health disorder — anything from ADHD to eating disorders to suicide. And yet, as we’ve been reporting this month, many schools aren’t prepared to work with these students. Often, there’s been too little training in recognizing the […]

A Different Method to Coping with Stress in High School Academics

in Academic Stress / Anxiety / E-News by Adolescent Counseling Services May 19, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: CollegeDegrees360, Stressed Student Author: Mayra Vargas, MFTI, Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program It’s not news that academics have become a stressful full-time job for teens as they compete to be the best of the best for the top colleges in the country. This may cause stress, anxiety, and/or depression due to the overwhelming feelings of trying to […]

The Poison of Perfectionism

in Academic Stress / Anxiety / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting / Perfectionism by Lindsey Leason January 8, 2015January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image:CollegeDegree360 by Merrett Sheridan, LMFT, Site Director at Palo Alto High School “I’ve failed over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed” – Michael Jordan “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly” – Robert F. Kennedy At Adolescent Counseling Services at PALY, the most common issue […]

10 Tips to Help Your Teen Succeed this School Year

in Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Sleep / Stress / Teens and Technology / Uncategorized by Lindsey Leason September 16, 2014January 27, 2022 0 comments

Image: Ludwig By: Monica Ippolito ACS After-School Counseling Program Intern Now that the fun of returning to school is starting to wear off here are some ways that you can help your teen be there best this year: 1. Attend School Daily: Reserve sick days for those in which your teen has a fever, nauseated, […]

How do we teach our kids to cope with stress?

in Academic Stress / Mental Health / Parent Role Models / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Stress by acsteens January 8, 2014January 27, 2022 0 comments

By Pamela Garfield, LCSW Site Director at Gunn High School Our kids just got through the end of the semester and finals. Finals, holidays, college applications and the many other pressures of this time of year can be very challenging. Sometimes life just takes over and we have to go into “survival mode” to get […]

Asking For Help – It’s Ok

in Academic Stress / Behavioral Norms / Mental Health / Parenting / Stress by acsteens November 15, 2013January 27, 2022 0 comments

Jennica Janssen, LMFTI ACS Outpatient Counseling Intern Is there anything wrong with asking for help? As you read this question, you are probably thinking, “Of course not.” However, the truth is that most people do not want to reach out of their comfort zone and ask for help. Instead, people accept too much responsibility and […]

The “Good-Grade” Drug-Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, etc.

in "Good Grade" Drug / Academic Stress / Depression / Drugs & Alcohol / Prescription Drugs / Sleep by acsteens June 15, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

An article published in the Saturday, June 9th, 2012, New York Times put a brilliant spotlight on the prescription drug abuse of Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, and other medications prescribed to treat symptoms of A.D.H.D, by high school students pushing themselves to succeed in high school and get into top colleges. At high schools across the […]

Helping Teens as They Look into the Future

in Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Teaching Mindfulness by acsteens March 20, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

by Martha Chan, M.A., LMFT, Site Director for Terman Middle School and parent of Gunn High School graduates, class of ’99 and class of ’03 I want to carry forward some of the resilience concepts that my colleague, Chris Chiochios, wrote about in an earlier newsletter: accepting our children for who they are and helping them to […]

From the Inside-Life As An ACS Intern

in Academic Stress / Anger Management / Behavioral Norms / Depression / Discussing Sex / Disorders / Intern / Mental Health / mental illness / Parenting / Relationships / Sexual Assault / Sexuality / Sleep / Stress / Suicide / Teen self-esteem / Uncategorized by acsteens February 13, 2012January 27, 2022 0 comments

By: Ildiko Ran On-Campus Counseling Program Intern at Menlo-Atherton High School “I feel so much better that I got all that off my chest. I can go back to class now” – said one of my clients after a session when she unloaded the overwhelming stress that surrounds her everyday life. She keeps up the […]