What’s What Wednesday: What Depression Looks like in Children

When people think of depression, common themes that come to mind are sadness, emptiness, hopelessness, insomnia, and stormy clouds. While those symptoms may present in children, your child may also experience anger or increased irritability. Your child may have outbursts of anger and/or aggression, talk back to you or other

The National Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of this month, we at Sunshine State Counseling Center want to remember some of the people that made a great positive impact towards the betterment of the Hispanic community and the world. Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. Her

Social Distancing and The Blues

I want you to take a long deep breath before you begin reading. Ready, let’s breathe in through your nose(as if you were smelling a flower) …………hold it……and thenlet’s breath out through our mouths (like blowing out a birthday candle). During the past four weeks we have been bombarded about the importance

Certified Trauma Professional

We would like to congratulate one of our very own on becoming a Certified Trauma Professional and continuing to pursue training in order to better help our clients!

Parent Support Group

Sunshine State Counseling Center wants to remind you of our upcoming support groups for parents starting May 1, 2020. We are offering two free support groups on Friday’s: 12:00 PM for parents who are fluent in English 4:00 PM for parents who are fluent in Spanish. We, as a practice, believe that all individuals have

What’s What Wednesday: Safe Hands Group

This week Sunshine State Counseling is focusing on safe space and social skills. We believe educating our children on personal boundaries, safety and self-expression are detrimental for their evolution in the school system. Soon, Sunshine State Counseling will be offering an educational program for children between the ages of 7-10.

Reactive Attachment Disorder

Having your child disobey you, throw temper tantrums, and completely ignore you at times can be difficult, however, it is important to remember that our children are growing and going through different developmental stages. With each stage and age there are behaviors that are appropriate, while frustrating, are not of

Helping your ADHD Student Adjust to School

As parents and teachers probably know, it can be hard to get even the neurotypical child to adjust to a new school schedule. This obstacle becomes harder when there are some neurodivergent barriers, such as those that come with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It can be hard when parents

What’s What Wednesday: Teen Girls Empowerment Group Reminder

Sunshine State Counseling wants to remind you of our upcoming Teen Girls Empowerment Support Group that starts Wednesday, February 5! This group will focus on empowering young girls, while also creating a safe space to open up and discuss several important topics that teens face each day. If you know