Children's Mental Health

How You Can Promote Your Child’s Mental Health For children, ages birth-5 years old, mental health begins with how they form close relationships with caregivers, manage and express their emotions, and explore the environment and learn. A child’s development is cumulative, building on …

How to Help Your Child Manage School Anxiety School. This word alone has evoked anxiety in children and teens for years – worrying about peers, stressing over homework, striving for certain letter grades, feeling unsure if others accept them. This school year has been unlike any other and has …

Nexus Family Healing has been working over the past several years to incorporate trauma-informed practices into every aspect of our care. Trauma-informed care is a growingly common buzzword in the health, education, and social services industries as we learn more about how past experiences can …

When bringing a child to therapy, caregivers often wonder what their role will be in the process. Research indicates that caregiver support and involvement in treatment is directly associated with long-term decreased symptoms for the child and improved child/caregiver relationships. Your therapist …

In the small town of Onarga, Illinois, you’ll find a quaint café with a rich history of serving the community much more than a hot cup of coffee. The Cornerstone Café serves as a vocational program of Nexus Family Healing’s Onarga Campus. Youth in residence at the Onarga campus work at the …

Childhood trauma does not define a child. We know more about childhood trauma and its effect on the developing child than we ever have before. The resiliency of the developing brain provides an opportunity for us to intervene and provide healthy, safe, and nurturing experiences that grow the …

He was six and it was his unexpected, quiet remark that clearly described the struggle, “I just feel like something bad is going to happen all the time.” For this boy, like many others, childhood included too many scary life experiences. He was well prepared to respond to danger at any time – he …