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Childhood Trauma Is Not Just a Mental Health Problem

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on April 6, 2023
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Exposure to continuous trauma causes the body’s alarm system to be easily triggered, releasing stress hormones that interfere with reasoning and activate that flight, fight, or freeze response. Children cannot learn or get along with friends or family members when living in a constant state of fight, flight or freeze. Rather, their goal is to survive.
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Rebuilding Relationships

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on April 3, 2023
Black and white photo of pre-teen girl with curly light brown hair, sitting on a couch with her chin in her palm, slightly smiling. A grown up adult woman is sitting across from her in a chair holding a clipboard.

Nine-year-old Marcy* was experiencing significant behavioral, attendance, and academic difficulties in school. Her parents were separated and struggled with mental health issues and substance abuse. Marcy’s mother had full custody of Marcy, but they were facing eviction. Due to these struggles, Marcy was referred to Nexus-PATH’s School-Based Targeted Case Management (SB-TCM), a strengths-based service designed to support and supplement traditional supports available in the school. SB-TCM’s goals are to enhance the student’s functioning within their home, school, and community. 

It’s Spring – So Why Aren’t You Happy?

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on March 30, 2023
Young woman sitting outside next to a tree with her head in her hand, looking depressed.
Over the past several years humanity has learned how to become resilient in isolation. Many of our face-to-face interactions and relationships were severed during COVID and as a result, we have developed long-term habitual loneliness. So how do we recover? To state it simply, a first step is "do then feel".
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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Your Family’s Mental and Physical Health

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on March 16, 2023
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Natural and man-made disasters in recent news can cause stress, especially for children. As a parent, it’s important to remember that your reactions to these disasters can impact the way your child views the world around them. Remain calm, give yourself time to process and create a plan that works for your family.
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The Best-of Dear Dr. Michelle

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on February 28, 2023
A white male with light brown hair, beard, and glasses lays on his stomach on a green couch reading on his cell phone.
We started the Dear Dr. Michelle advice column at the height of COVID as an additional way to provide free, accessible help to those who may need it while navigating our new environment. As we transition back to pre-pandemic days, our Dear Dr. Michelle column is coming to a close. As a final hurrah, we wanted to share a list of our top ten most visited advice articles over the past two and half years.
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The Cat Who Cares

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on February 22, 2023
Mr Mittens, a black and white tuxedo cat, sitting on his cat tree at New Trails Group Home in Onamia, MN
Our Nexus Mille-Lacs New Trails Group Home in Onamia, MN, has added a new member to their home – of the fluffy variety. Mr. Mittens was a stray cat that staff and youth noticed hanging around, looking for food in the dumpster. The youth at New Trails started to leave out food and water for him, as well as attention. The staff at New Trails decided to make Mr. Mittens an official member of the house after witnessing him comfort a youth, who had gone outside to sit on the front steps.
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