Please join Family Service of Lake County and The City of Highland Park March 7 for "A Call for Hope: A Community Conversation about Mental Health and Wellness" at 6:30 p.m.on Thursday, March 7, at the Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park. (...

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Youth and Family Therapist As adults, we accept stress as a normal part of life and can navigate our stressors. Even though stress is just as common among youth, they haven't developed the skills to properly cope with these emotions. Parents and caregivers...

By Stephanie Loda, LCSW, Family Service Senior & Caregiver Program Coordinator

The end-of-the-year holidays (Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, etc.) are supposed to be great, right?!  We are bombarded with media depictions of families coming together, enjoying perfectly...

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Family Service Youth Therapist

School can be stressful at times for everyone. For some individuals, however, school is not only stressful - it triggers anxiety that impairs functioning and academic success. Many factors...

By Meredith Gettleman, LSW, Family Service Youth Therapist

As many already know, adolescence is fraught with numerous challenges and transitions. The pace and amount of growth that occurs during adolescence is second only to that which occurs during infancy. As teenagers...

Timely advice and thoughts from the Family Institute at Northwestern University.  To read, click here.