Jennifer Stevens, LCSW

Jennifer Stevens, LCSW Providing assessment, consultation, and treatment to children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Areas of specialization: mood disorders, depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar, ADHD, trauma, adoption, familial conflicts, parenting support, behavioral concerns, school/academic problems, and adjustment to various life events and changes.

12/09/2021

I don’t know who wrote this but sometimes it really resonates. An offering for anyone whose young vulnerable parts are still carrying too much.

11/08/2021

Sometimes supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing can seem overwhelming. There's so much information out there, so much lingo, often conflicting bits of advice, and lots of fear about accidentally making things worse.

This is especially true in schools where worrying about everyone's mental health and wellbeing can feel like it's piled on the to-do list of other mandates like making sure everyone can read, pass tests, be nice to each other, be attentive, and so on.

Sometimes it helps to take things right back down to the fundamentals and make one little change that can have a huge domino effect. This week, all I want you to do differently is regularly ask yourself this question:

"Am I co-escalating or co-regulating?"

Because we are always doing one or the other.

11/06/2021

While there’s nothing wrong with teaching children relaxation techniques, the ability to self-regulate comes from the heavy lifting of relationships.

Practicing attunement is recognizing what the child’s nervous system needs to feel safer. Nothing does that as effectively as a caring adult who can stay calm through a child’s emotional storms.

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2108 Umstead Drive (on The Dorothea Dix Campus)
Raleigh, NC
27603

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+19194450837

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