How Can I Calm Anxiety? The Science Behind Anxiety and Understanding How to Calm Your Mind
Anxiety isn’t just “in your head”—it’s tied to brain circuits, sleep, lifestyle, and even gut health. This guide explores how caffeine and alcohol impact symptoms, when to seek professional help, and red flags to watch for. Learn about early intervention, evidence-based treatments, and the latest research on inflammation, the gut-brain axis, and personalized care. Discover practical tools and resources to calm your mind, build resilience, and take back control of your well-being.
Navigating the Back-to-School Transition: Strategies for Children with ADHD
Help your child with ADHD thrive this school year with proven back-to-school strategies from an experienced Orlando counselor. Discover practical tips for improving focus, reducing distractions, building routines, and fostering confidence—both in the classroom and at home.
Understanding Separation Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, and Support
Separation anxiety can turn everyday goodbyes into overwhelming challenges for children and families. At Counseling Corner, our experienced child therapists specialize in compassionate, evidence-based treatments—including CBT, play therapy, and family counseling—to help children build resilience and confidence during transitions. Whether anxiety has appeared suddenly or grown over time, we're here to help restore calm, courage, and connection. Serving Orlando and all of Florida in person and online since 1998.
Understanding Insomnia: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
Sleepless nights aren’t just tiring—they’re life-altering. Whether you’re an adult battling stress-induced insomnia, a teen overstimulated by screens and school pressure, or a child fearful of the dark, the toll of disrupted sleep runs deep. At The Counseling Corner, we offer compassionate, evidence-based therapy—including CBT-I, trauma-informed approaches, and family coaching—to help restore peace at night and energy by day. Serving Orlando and all of Florida, we’re here to help you or your child find rest, healing, and long-term sleep solutions.
A Guide to Preventing Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is more than a weight issue—it’s an emotional, behavioral, and family-wide challenge. At The Counseling Corner, we empower parents with practical tools, expert strategies, and compassionate therapy to help children thrive physically and emotionally. From nutrition and movement to sleep, stress, and family routines, our guide supports real change—without shame. Whether your child struggles with emotional eating, low confidence, or unhealthy habits, our Orlando-based therapists are here to help your family grow stronger, together.
Self-Injury Help: Causes, Signs and Coping Strategies
Self-injury isn’t about attention—it’s about emotional survival. Whether your teen is cutting, burning, or silently struggling, The Counseling Corner offers expert, compassionate therapy in Orlando to break the cycle of self-harm. We help individuals understand the “why” behind the behavior, teach healthy coping tools, and support parents with calm, effective responses. Our trauma-informed services—CBT, DBT, mindfulness, family therapy, and more—offer a path toward lasting emotional resilience and healing. You’re not alone. Together, we can build hope, connection, and self-worth.
Orlando Divorce Counseling for Children, Teens & Adults
Divorce can shake the emotional foundation of children, teens, and adults alike. At The Counseling Corner, we offer trauma-informed divorce counseling for every stage of the journey—from breaking the news to rebuilding confidence and emotional safety. Whether your family is navigating grief, identity loss, co-parenting tension, or behavioral changes in children, our licensed Orlando therapists provide compassionate, proven care through play therapy, talk therapy, CBT, mediation, and family counseling. Reclaim peace, rebuild resilience, and move forward with clarity and strength—together or individually.
Storms, Hurricanes, and Children
Storms and hurricanes can deeply affect a child’s emotional well-being, often leading to fear, anxiety, or trauma. At Counseling Corner, we offer expert therapy and compassionate support to help children feel safe again—before, during, and after natural disasters. Whether your child is experiencing PTSD from a past storm or simply fearful of severe weather, our trauma-informed team uses evidence-based therapies like TF-CBT, EMDR, and ART to help them process, heal, and build emotional resilience. We walk with families through every season, restoring peace and safety—emotionally and physically.
Childhood and Teen Abuse: Healing and Renewal Strategies
Abuse leaves lasting emotional scars—but it doesn’t have to define the future. At Counseling Corner, we offer compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for children, teens, and adult survivors. Whether you're seeking healing for yourself or your child, our team in Orlando specializes in evidence-based approaches like TF-CBT, EMDR, and ART to support lasting recovery. From rebuilding trust to restoring safety, we help clients find peace, strength, and hope—one step at a time.
School Anxiety, Academic Struggles and School Refusal
When school becomes a source of panic, tears, or emotional shutdown, your child may be dealing with more than just nerves. At The Counseling Corner, we specialize in helping children and teens overcome school anxiety, refusal, learning struggles, peer challenges, and emotional overwhelm. Through play therapy, CBT, family support, and school collaboration, we help students rebuild confidence, regulate emotions, and reconnect with the joy of learning—because every child deserves to feel safe, capable, and connected in the classroom and beyond.
Adoptive Family Counseling: Support, Identity, and Hope
Adoption is a beautiful journey—but it comes with questions, emotions, and unique challenges. At The Counseling Corner, our adoption-competent therapists help children, teens, and parents navigate identity, attachment, grief, and connection. Whether you're wondering how to talk about adoption, supporting a child with trauma, or facing emotional struggles in the teen years, we offer compassionate, research-based counseling to help your family grow with confidence and clarity. You're not alone—we're here every step of the way.
Fighting: From Aggression to Peace
Aggression, violence, and emotional outbursts aren’t just “bad behavior”—they’re signals of deeper emotional struggles. At The Counseling Corner, we help children, teens, and young adults uncover what’s underneath the anger, learn emotional regulation, and build trust and peace at home and beyond.
Children and Teen Stealing: Counseling and Parental Support
When a child or teen steals, it’s easy to panic—but the truth is, this behavior often signals an unmet emotional need, not a character flaw. Learn why kids steal, how to respond with compassion and clarity, and when to seek professional help. Our Orlando-based therapists are here to support you with expert insight and family-centered care.
Problems At School and Resistance
School and Work Problems: Navigating Challenges, Unlocking Potential
Struggling with focus, anxiety, or burnout at school or work? You’re not alone—and help is here. At Counseling Corner, we support children, teens, and adults facing learning challenges, ADHD, school refusal, procrastination, impostor syndrome, and workplace stress. Whether it’s a child avoiding school, a teen drowning in academic pressure, or an adult battling burnout, we offer targeted counseling that helps individuals regain clarity, motivation, and emotional resilience. Serving Orlando and Central Florida with in-person and virtual sessions, we help families and professionals break through obstacles and thrive.
Chronic Medical Illness and Children
When a child is diagnosed with a chronic illness, it impacts more than just their physical health—it affects their confidence, friendships, school life, and emotional wellbeing. At The Counseling Corner, our licensed therapists provide compassionate therapy and coaching to help children, teens, and families build resilience, reduce stress, and find healing—emotionally and mentally. Whether your child is struggling with isolation, fear of treatment, or anxiety about the future, we’re here to walk with you every step of the way.
Blended Family help for Parents
Blending families is a journey that comes with emotional, structural, and relational challenges—but also deep potential for healing, love, and connection. This comprehensive guide explores loyalty conflicts, grief, discipline struggles, and the slow process of bonding, offering support for parents, teens, and stepparents. Backed by expert insights and proven strategies, families will find encouragement, clarity, and tools to thrive together. Learn how The Counseling Corner helps blended families build lasting unity through therapy, coaching, and guidance—both online and in-person.
Self-Injury Help for Parents
Self-injury—often misunderstood and hidden—affects teens and adults alike. This compassionate guide from Counseling Corner explores why people self-harm, how to recognize the signs, and what evidence-based treatments help promote healing. With insights for families, practical tools, and therapy options like DBT and somatic experiencing, this article lights a path toward hope and recovery
Substance Abuse and Parenting
Substance abuse doesn’t just affect individuals—it disrupts the emotional and relational fabric of entire families. This guide explores how addiction reshapes family roles, shares practical strategies for support, and offers hope through compassionate, evidence-based therapy at The Counseling Corner.
Parenting a Child with an Eating Disorder
Learn about eating disorders, effective treatments, and how The Counseling Corner supports individuals and families on the journey to healing. Serving Orlando and beyond with online and in-person care.
Managing Childhood Conduct Disorders
At The Counseling Corner, we provide expert, compassionate guidance for parents navigating childhood behavior challenges, including conduct problems, Conduct Disorder (CD), and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Learn how to recognize serious behavioral patterns like aggression, rule-breaking, or persistent defiance—and take practical steps to create structure, improve communication, and strengthen your parent-child relationship. Our therapists specialize in proven methods such as CBT, PCIT, and trauma-informed care to support healing and growth. You don’t have to face these challenges alone—help is here.