How Stress and Anxiety Has Contributed to a Generation of “Avoiders” and “Isolators” Young men are experiencing quarter-life crises at an alarming rate. Men are struggling to graduate college, step into the workforce, step into independent adulthood, and deal with adversity and setbacks in life. But what is behind this epidemic of failure to launch guys? Psych Bytes presents a...
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June 23, 2017June 26, 2017by Jonathan Hetterly, LPC
Technology is Stressing Out Americans
The American Psychological Association’s Stress in AmericaTM poll shows parents struggling to balance personal and family technology use. I hate talking on the phone. I find it to be a necessary evil. Many years ago, my wife forced me to get a cellphone. I had fought getting a phone, simply because I hate talking on the...
April 26, 2017June 13, 2017by Dr. Megan Connell
How to be a Responsible Adult… Gamer
I love gaming. Getting immersed into a far off location, solving problems, solving puzzles and being super strong and powerful are some of my favorite ways to spend my free time. The problem is I don’t have much free time anymore. I recently read a quote on Reddit stating; “The problems of being a child:...
April 26, 2017June 13, 2017by Josh Jensen, M.A.
“Mom! Why did you post that?!” Parenting in the Age of Social Media
[This article was first published on Shrink Tank in July 2015] Have you ever wished there was a required etiquette class for all social media users? Rules of social engagement can be blurry enough in everyday life, but add this to the lack of boundaries online and we have fertile ground for lots of missteps....