Paedeia Episode 18: Motivation
A characteristic many parents and teachers struggle to create in students is motivation. Where does motivation come from? How do we foster motivation? Why do some have it and others don’t? What are we doing that could be sabotaging motivation? These questions and others are addressed by Dr. Richard and Dr. Berney in this podcast.
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TMB Episode 53: Self-Harming Behaviors
Though they have been around for decades, self-harming behaviors continue to increase in prevalence. Social media and other pop culture references have made this maladaptive coping mechanism mainstream.
In this podcast, Dr. Berney and Dr. Richard discuss the reasons why teens and young adults self-harm. They also review the theoretical underpinnings for its use as well as offer details as to what parents should do if they discover their teen is engaging in cutting or other self-injurious behavior.
Additional information and resources can be found in this blog post from 4/22/2016 at The Mental Breakdown.
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Self-Harming Behaviors and Teenagers
Reflected Sadness
By: Victor Bezukov
Self-harming behaviors have garnered a great deal of attention over the past few years. While the prevalence of intentional self-harm – the most common of which include cutting and burning – continue to rise, it is difficult to truly understand the rationale for these behaviors. Nonetheless, it has become somewhat of an “en vogue” coping strategy many teenagers are using to deal with depression and heightened emotionality.
Cutting has reached the mainstream media. Read More