It's not uncommon to experience anxiety and stress as a college student. Here's my recommended approach for getting help with your anxiety in college and learning healthy coping strategies.

Starting the school year can be stressful for kids, teens and their parents. Here's a quick checklist to help you mindfully cope with all these new changes and transitions.

How do you choose a psychologist to do the psychoeducational assessment? Here are our recommended steps for choosing the right psychologist for your child’s testing.

Wondering whether your child could benefit from psychological testing? Here are five signs your child might need psychological testing, as well as how to identify which type of psychological testing might be best for your child.

Ever feel like you are second guessing your life choices? You might be not asking yourself the right questions. Here’s where the skills of Mindfulness and Wise Mind come into play.

Mindfulness to me is being aware, really painstakingly and wholeheartedly aware. One method of mindfulness is what I like to call, “reading a script.” Repeat (aloud or in your mind) exactly what you are doing/seeing/smelling/touching/ and feeling.

One of the most important things we can do as parents is to talk about our feelings with our children, because when we give our feelings a name, they become less overwhelming and less scary. 

Think that just because you live in the hustle and bustle of a big city that you can’t practice mindfulness? Follow these 4 easy steps and you too can feel at ease and at peace even in a big city.

In a recent Parents magazine article, Dr. Jaclyn Shlisky discusses four complex emotions all children experience. She helps explain how explain them to your child in a way they’ll understand so they can learn to manage them.

In a recent Parents magazine article, Dr. Jaclyn Shlisky offers advice on ways to build your child’s social skills at home.

In a recent Parents magazine article, Dr. Jaclyn Shlisky offers advice on the best words you can say to your child to keep her spirits up and confidence high.

In a recent Parents magazine article, Dr. Jaclyn Shlisky offers advice on what you should and should not worry about when it comes to your children.