As caring parents and guardians, we try our very best to raise kind, conscientious, respectful, and well-behaved children. Unfortunately, traumatic life experiences, disorders, or other stresses and influences can negatively impact our child’s behavior choices and alter the path...

As school starts up again for the year, so are the anxieties and pains of bullying for many children. In today's digital world, bullying behavior doesn't just exist within the school walls anymore, either; it follows our children around in their...

Teenagers have it rough. Pressures from school, peer groups, and difficulties at home add significant amounts of stress and anxiety to their day. What’s more, is that their hormones are completely off the charts--adding even more intensity to their...

Located in Scottsdale, Pathways Counseling Services is a top Arizona family counseling center. If you are local to the Phoenix metro area and would like to book a session, please schedule an appointment here or call us at (480) 235-1682. Even...

Emotions can be scary. Especially for children, not being able to fully understand what you are feeling or how to communicate yourself can lead to difficult behavior patterns, anger, violence, or other negative forms of expression. That’s where child therapy...

As a counselor, I know how much teens struggle today. Even though I see them laughing and smiling out in public as if they didn’t have an ounce of stress in their day that day, I know so many...

On the first day of school, my 6 year old son decided that he just wasn’t going this year. Sure, he came up with a plethora of reasons: he felt sick, he was tired, he would go another day,...