Sage House Blog
Find insightful articles, practical tips, and expert advice to help your family thrive. Topics include child and family therapy, art therapy, stress management, sleep improvement, and more.
Managing Emotions Through Mindfulness
In a time when much of life feels beyond our control, managing emotions through mindfulness may offer the key to finding calm during the storm. Learn how we can learn to witness our emotions rather than become captive to them.
How Mandalas can Help Well-Being
Creating mandalas can help well-being and reduce anxiety. Mandalas have represented everything from balance and order to religious beliefs and the impermanence of life.
How to Support an Anxious Teen, Part I
You may struggle with what to say or how to best support your anxious teen. If your teen is willing to engage in a conversation, prepare to listen. Here is a list of helpful phrases you can use to show your support
Staying Calm In Times of Uncertainty
Life is filled with uncertainty. Not knowing what is to come can cause us to imagine and start to prepare for the worst. Here are a few ways to cope with feelings of uncertainty.
Three Simple Practices for Joyful Parenthood
We have all been there-those parenting moments that just fall short. Maybe your child is pushing your buttons and you can no longer keep your cool. Maybe you try to give advice to your child about how to handle a tricky social situation and it comes out all wrong. We all know what that is like because parenthood is hard.
The Truth About Secondary Infertility
Fertility challenges can be one of the most challenging and heartbreaking experiences. It is a rollercoaster of emotion. Most couples facing secondary infertility report feelings of confusion, anger, anxiety, depression, and fear but don’t know where to get support.
How to Help Your Child Build Healthy Friendships
For many kids and teens, making and keeping friends can be challenging. Parents often ask, “How can I help my child build healthy, lasting friendships?”
Supporting a Loved One With Postpartum Depression
Supporting someone you love through postpartum depression can be challenging. Depending on the symptoms, treatment can feel like a process of two steps forward and one step back. Don’t give up, with time your loved one will heal.
Northern Virginia Group Painting Classes
Come join us at Sage House for our newest addition to our community events- Group Painting Classes!
Is Group Therapy Right for Me?
There are so many reasons people find their way to group therapy. For many, it is the connection and support found within the group of people that draws them in. Who doesn’t want to feel heard, loved, and supported?
Signs and Symptoms of Perinatal Mood Disorders
While Postpartum depression is the most commonly occurring and most well-known perinatal mood disorder, other disorders such as anxiety, Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), bipolar and psychosis can also be experienced during pregnancy and following the birth of a child.
How Do I know If My Teen Needs Therapy?
As a parent of a teenager, it can be hard to tell at times what is considered “normal” versus when your teen needs the extra support of a specialist. Mental illness during adolescence is actually much more prevalent than most parents think.
Is Sand Tray Therapy Right for me?
Perhaps this is the first time you have heard of sand tray therapy. For many, sand tray is a brand-new way of thinking about and approaching therapy. This is exactly why we incorporate it into our clinician work with clients at Sage House.
Do I Need Therapy? Here Are the Top 20 Signs To Look Out For
Understanding the many kinds of mental health disorders and their treatment options is the first step towards wellness.
How Do I Know If My Child Needs Therapy?
As a parent sometimes it can be hard to know what is “normal” versus when to seek the opinion of a trained clinician. Over the last several decades the mental health community has made huge strides in understanding childhood mental conditions.
What is Art Therapy?
Art Therapy promotes emotional expression and inner healing through the use of art materials. Using lines, shapes and colors, patients could better convey their symptoms to doctors. They also experienced stress relief through Art Therapy, resulting in better overall health outcomes.
Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Groups in Northern Virginia
One of the best ways to support your mental health as well as the health of your baby is to join a support group! Whether this is your first baby or the fourth, all pregnancies (and babies!) are unique and bring new challenges that you do not need to face alone.