Quick Tips to Ditch Stress and Cope with Finals
As the weather gets warmer and school draws to a close, students across America face one last buzzkill: final exams. With their GPAs hanging into balance and a year's worth of notes to read through, it's no wonder that final exam season comes with a ton of stress for...
Getting Ahead: Teen Summer Treatment
With summer vacation swiftly approaching, teens across New Jersey are getting ready for two and half months of care-free fun. While sleeping in, playing video games, and hitting the beach might be on the agenda, summer is also a great time for self-improvement and...
Adolescent Group Therapy NJ: Peer Support Benefits
When you picture going to a therapist, what does it look like? Perhaps, images of red couches and interpreting ink blots come to mind. You sit alone in a room while your therapist asks difficult questions and takes notes on a clipboard. But what if, instead, you're...
Family Therapy NJ: Consistent Clinical Care
Mental health is rarely isolated. The people around us will affect or be affected by our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Therefore, clinical treatment should not be isolated either. In order to best help a family or a struggling individual, therapy should be...
NJ Teen Therapist: Finding Help When They Need It
When your teenager is experiencing mental health issues, finding help can be challenging. This can be especially hard when you and your child are having your own issues with communication. Sometimes, it can seem like s/he will only confide in their friends or their...
Teen Anxiety Treatment NJ: Treating Fear of the Future
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health problems in the US. 1 in 10 teens struggle with an anxiety disorder (Anxiety and Depression Association of America). Fortunately, therapy can help teens to manage symptoms of anxiety. Learn more about...
NJ DBT Therapist: Learning Emotion Regulation
Blueprint Mental Health specializes in Adolescent DBT. If you're looking for a NJ DBT Therapist for you or your child, call (908) 256-6965 or e-mail info@blueprintmentalhealth.com. Throughout life, we experience events and interactions that make us feel and behave in...
Teen Depression Treatment NJ
Clinical depression, or major depressive disorder, affects millions of teens nationwide. As the leading mental health disorder in the U.S., 12.5% of teens experience a major depressive episode each year. Through therapeutic and psychiatric intervention, teens can...
John Mopper Presents “Thank You To The Bully” To Cranford Parent Academy
CRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL, N.J. -- On Tue. March 7, John Mopper, LAC of Blueprint Mental Health gave his "Thank You to the Bully" presentation to The Cranford Parent Academy. "Thank You to the Bully" is one of many free presentations on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)...
NJ Adolescent Therapist: What to Expect & What to Ask
Bringing your child to a therapist for first time can be a scary. Perhaps you're skeptical of the process, or are nervous about introducing your child and his or her problems to a stranger? How does it work? What will they talk about? Does s/he really need help? What...