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from licensed psychotherapist Mallory Grimste, LCSW
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from licensed psychotherapist Mallory Grimste, LCSW
Struggling to share your feelings with your parents? Express your feelings with these 10 practical tips for teens from mental health therapist Mallory Grimste. From opening up to your parents to finding the right words, she's got you covered!
Struggling with summer blues? Discover practical, therapist-approved self-care strategies to find your inner peace and improve your mental health this summer.
Want to take control of your life as a teen? Learn how coping skills can help you thrive! Mental health therapist Mallory Grimste shares practical ways to manage stress and build resilience. Whether you're dealing with academic pressure, social challenges, or mental health concerns, these tips can help you feel more empowered and confident. This is a great resource for teens as they navigate life
Struggling with stress crying?? In this blog post, Mallory Grimste shares her personal experience and offers practical self-care and coping skills to help you manage your emotions. Learn how to control your stress crying and improve your mental health today. Don't miss out on Mallory's upcoming live hangout on April 14th, where she'll share 3 secrets to control your emotions like a therapist.
Hey busy teens! These top 10 quick and easy self-care tips for busy teens can be easily squeezed into their packed schedules. Therapist Mallory Grimste shares her top ideas to help you prioritize your mental health. Improve your emotional regulation, energy, and focus. Make self-care a habit, even when you're busy, and get access to the Self Care Bundle. Take care of YOU, and sign up now!
Struggling with your emotions as a teen? It's common to push your feelings aside, but that can actually make things worse. Mental health therapist Mallory Grimste explains why ignoring your emotions is a terrible idea and offers helpful tips for dealing with difficult feelings using self-care and coping skills. Don't let your emotions control you - learn how to take control and feel better with these expert insights.
As a mental health therapist working with teens, these are a few things I'd love for you to STOP saying to teens struggling with ADHD. Because I think we can all agree that telling a teenager to "just focus" when they're struggling with ADHD isn't very motivating or helpful. In this video essay, I'm also sharing some helpful alternatives to say instead, too.
If you care about your mental health, which I know you do, then you really need to quit these 10 really bad study habits like right now. My name is Mallory Grimste and I'm a mental health therapist. I put together this list of bad study habits to quit based on my own experience working with a ton of students who were struggling with their mental health. Plus in order to become a licensed clinical social worker (that's what LCSW stands for by the way), I was a student for many many years myself.
Oops!! Did you do it again?? Whether you fell behind because you had a depression or anxiety flare-up, friendship troubles, or just because of our dear friend, procrastination- there is hope. You can get caught up again! My name is Mallory Grimste, I'm a mental health therapist that works with teens, and I'm here to help you create a homework catch-up plan that won't ruin your mental health.
This video is part of a series where mental health therapist Mallory Grimste responds to YOUR comments. There are so many great questions that get lost in the comments section and if you're asking, I know others may be wondering, too. Thank you for being brave and posting your questions and responses so we can help others get these answers, too.
This video starts a NEW series where yours truly will be responding to YOUR comments. There are so many great questions that get lost in the comments section and if you're asking, I know others may be wondering, too. Thank you for being brave and posting your questions and responses so we can help others get these answers, too.
The end of the year is a great time to do this for a better year in 2023. Though you can really follow along with these therapist-guided self-reflection questions at any time if you're wanting to make a positive change, turn traumatic experiences into transformative growth, or reassess, adjust and adapt to new experiences or circumstances. Gentle Reminder: Social Media is NOT psychotherapy.
This Calm, Safe Space Meditation video will be split into 2 parts: (1) the actual guided meditation and (2) how to test how well this strategy works for you as a coping skill. The calm, safe space meditation is often used with EMDR and other forms of therapy as a way to shift the intensity of your emotional state to a calmer, more secure experience. You can use this calm, safe space exercise whenever you are feeling anxious, unsafe, afraid, or overwhelmed. Practicing this meditation can help you focus more and find clearer solutions to your problems.
School anxiety is becoming a MAJOR problem for teenagers. You can't keep avoiding it and expecting it to get better. I'm a mental health therapist and I'm sharing some of my best tips for controlling school anxiety so you can stop avoiding your problems and start creating a more positive mindset when it comes to school because let's be real- graduating with a diploma gives you more choices.
You know who they are- maybe they're a crush, a friend, your ex, someone who upset you- whoever it is, this secret will help you to stop obsessing about them. Like are you having trouble doing your homework? Do you forget to eat because you're lost in your thoughts? Do you have trouble talking about anything else without associating it with them? Can't go to sleep because you can't stop replaying different scenarios in your head? Let's help you get control over your thinking so you can stop obsessing and start enjoying more peace in your life again.
This guided meditation for overthinking and self-compassion from mental health therapist Mallory Grimste, LCSW can help teens who struggle in these areas. If you find yourself constantly checking on your loved ones, stressing about your relationships, or obsessing over problematic thoughts, this meditation can help shift your experience so you can feel calmer and healthier. Having self-compassion for yourself will help you realize it is safe for you to feel your feelings and think your thoughts, without needing to hold on to the ones that no longer work for you. For best results, listen to this meditation for 21 days in a row and notice the positive shifts you experience.
I'm a teen therapist and I know that more and more teens are struggling with separation anxiety these days. If you see someone who is having trouble going to or staying in school, difficulty keeping up with their homework, or constantly checking in or messaging you until they get a response, they could be struggling with separation anxiety or another mental health condition that's impacting their day to day life. Please stop saying these harmful things to teens struggling with separation anxiety, and instead try these helpful alternatives.
Separation Anxiety is a MAJOR problem for teens these days. Separation Anxiety in teens can pop up in the form of avoiding school or leaving home, sending multiple texts or messages in a row until someone responds or blocks you, or continuing to ask your friends if they actually like you or if they're mad at you. So what can you do to control your separation anxiety? It really comes down to healthy Coping Skills. Coping skills help you stay in control of your emotions so you can live a happier life. video post from Mallory Grimste, LCSW (counseling for people physically located in CT + NY).
💖VIEWER REQUEST💖 You asked: "would you do a video on ptsd and how to cope with flashbacks for teen?" Mallory demonstrates how to use the 5 senses grounding technique in this video. It's quick, easy, and highly effective for coping with flashbacks, slowing down anxiety or panic attacks, and happens to also be a great alternative to self-harm. Mallory Grimste, LCSW is a mental health therapist.
Mallory Grimste's TOP 10 RULES FOR SELF LOVE for teenagers | *This list is inspired by Mindspo's series about Top 10 Rules for Self-Love. As a mental health therapist, I know a lot about helping teenagers improve their self-love and I'm ready to share with you my top 10 rules for self-love that I sat down and figured out after watching that series.
Tapping into Self Love when you're a teenager can feel like a big challenge. Self-esteem peaks around age 9 and then dramatically dips. Developing healthy self-love practices can help improve your self-esteem and confidence so you can feel happy. Mallory Grimste, LCSW guides how to use Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), sometimes called "tapping," along with validating positive affirmations.
Therapist Answers: Should I cover my self-harm scars video post from Mallory Grimste, LCSW (counseling for people physically located in CT + NY). *Content Warning: This video contains content related to help for Self Harm.
>> Please take the appropriate steps to protect your mental health + expectations. In the US you can text the Crisis Text Line 24/7 at 741-741.
Coping with Summertime Depression ☀️😭 | We need to talk about the "other" seasonal depression- Summer Depression ☀️😭. Here are 5 therapist approved ways you can Cope with Summertime Depression from Teen Therapist and Mental Health YouTuber, Mallory Grimste, LCSW *Content Warning: This video contains content related to help with Depression. → Please take the appropriate steps to protect your mental health + expectations. In the US you can text the Crisis Text Line 24/7 at 741-741.
Coping with Body Image Struggles?? | 5 Therapist-approved ways to improve your self-esteem - When you're a teenager it's typical to struggle with your body image. These 5 therapist-approved strategies from Teen Therapist Mallory Grimste, LCSW will help you improve your self-esteem. Which one are you going to try implementing first?
If you are ready to CONTROL your test anxiety, you need to try these 5 therapist-approved strategies to overcome and beat your exam anxiety. Mallory Grimste, LCSW is a mental health therapist with a counseling practice serving teens physically located in CT and NY
Trouble focusing?? Try this 3 minute guided mediation for focus #WithMe Mallory Grimste, LCSW. It's no secret that practicing mindfulness can improve your ability to focus. This can make it easier to get motivated to do your homework or study. This is a great meditation to use as you get ready for AP and Finals exam season, too.
If you're anything like me, when your desk is cluttered and disorganized, you also have a difficult time staying focused and completing your assignments. As a mental health therapist for teens, Mallory Grimste, LCSW sees this struggle and its impact over and over again. As inspiration, and hopefully motivation, I thought rather than talk about how to declutter your desk, I'd invite you to join me as I declutter my desk so you can stop procrastinating and do your homework fast!!
Kelsey Togerson Dunn, LCSW literally wrote the book on what to do When Anxiety Makes You Angry! They graciously allowed me the opportunity to interview them about questions people like you had about these concepts and the skills she recommends in her new book. Watch the full interview on Mallory Grimste’s YouTube channel.
The DEAR MAN strategy is communication GOLD if you struggle to ask for what you want. DEAR MAN is a communication strategy that is a part of DBT's Interpersonal Effectiveness module. Dialectical Behavior Therapy recommends you use the DEAR MAN strategy when you want to get what you want more effectively. In this compilation mix, Mallory Grimste, LCSW explains how to ask for help using the DEAR MAN strategy then shares 3 different examples of how you can use this strategy in real-life.
When you are legally or financially reliant on your parent's permission, it can be difficult to know how to ask your parents for therapy. Using the communication strategy DEAR MAN can help you ask for therapy more effectively so you get help when you're a teenager.
