Craig Kerley, Georgia Licensed Psychologist

07/06/2023

Here's a proven strategy for getting your toddler to eat - don't pressure or force your child to eat! This is key in raising a joyous, mindful eater!

07/05/2023

I’ve had a chance to review this app for my adult ASD clients. I found it to be very inclusive with regard to both neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+. Additionally, it seems significantly safer than other dating apps I have looked at. Also, it’s free! Definitely recommending this to my adult ASD clients looking to make friends or dating partners.

Hiki is a friendship and dating app for the Autistic community. We celebrate, embrace and support Neurodivergent adults.

07/05/2023

New research highlights the link between childhood trauma and mental illness and addiction in adulthood, leading some researchers to call it an issue as pressing as any infectious disease.

07/03/2023

“No one had told me that my ADHD accounted for my hypersensitivities, obsessions, lack of motivation, and sleeplessness. No one told me that visible hyperactivity only manifests in 25% of children and 5% of adults with the condition. I never yelled, rebelled or distracted others, but I internalize...

06/30/2023

Almost all negative thinking is linked to cognitive distortions. These can be managed with these techniques.

06/29/2023

With depression and anxiety on the rise, college students need emotional problem solving skills to handle the challenges of a new social and academic environment. Here are skills to teach and practice before they leave home.

06/28/2023

06/26/2023

Your child is not deliberately willful, disobedient, scattered, demanding, obnoxious, aggressive, or lazy. He or she has ADHD — a neurological condition with symptoms too often mistaken for willful "bad behavior." But research shows that criticizing your child is likely to make her symptoms worse....

05/12/2023

We talk about consent regularly but often don’t define it. Remember FRIES.

05/08/2023

Living your life in a way that is consistent with your core values results in increased satisfaction and happiness. What are your core values? Remember, these are what YOU value, not what you or other people think you SHOULD value.

Values Exercise Living in alignment is about matching your “real” behaviors with your “ideal Values.” Living out of alignment is a source of stress, dissatisfaction and poor decision-making. As the first step in our Alignment Model, our Values Cards provide an interactive way to define what ...

02/23/2023

Great advice on helping your child with dysregualted emotions and behavior

All children can behave in ways that are … not very adorable. Big behaviour can be exhausting and maddening for even the calmest of parents. There’s a good reason for this. Children create their distress in their important adults as a way to share the emotional load when that load gets too heavy...

02/22/2023

This book is fantastic at explaining the neuroscience behind addiction. Written by a recovering addict who later earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She tells about how each class of drug effects the brain, her life as an addict, her recovery, and her quest to understand the neurology of her addiction.

Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

02/20/2023

Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, researchers from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, encourage parents and caregivers to assess when and why kids might be most vulnerable to social media – and how social media may also make teens feel connected and supported. Effective interventions requir...

02/18/2023

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health is the organization’s fourth annual national survey, amplifying the experiences of nearly 34,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 24 across…

02/17/2023

We are continuing to learn more about the long-term mental health effects of the COVID pandemic.

Researchers say high school students reported a variety of mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, including depression and verbal abuse