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Understanding Executive Functioning for Individuals with ADHD
The Undercurrent of Obsessiveness: Maneuvering Through Life’s Milestones
A Feeling of Belonging: Self-Management Success and Group Treatment
Real Talk About Sextortion: What to Know and What to Do
The Surprising, Lasting Impact of Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Help Us Help You: How to Support Your Child’s Therapy
Parenting the Difficult Child
Activate Your Child’s ADHD Brain at Home
Getting Creative in Your Home Classroom
Deborah Duncan Show - Should You Send Your Children Back to In-Person School?
The Next Stage (of the COVID-19 Pandemic)
Brain Health in the Age of COVID-19
Creating A More Efficient Brain
Tarnow Resources
Our New Roles during the 'Stay at Home'
Quarantine can have long-lasting psychological impacts
Mental Coronavirus - The Invisible Threat
Tips for working from home
An Important Message from the Tarnow Center
Neurofeedback Therapy for Depression
Violence against Self
The Language of Launching Young Adults with ADHD and Learning Differences
Buyer Beware! A Review of CBD.
How PTSD changed the way I care for pregnant women
Why Breathing Hasn’t Helped Control Your Anxiety…Yet
Accelerated Resolution Therapy: Rapid Relief from the Effects of Trauma
Great Day Houston Parenting Show Featuring Dr. Tarnow
Summer is the Best Time to Learn
Kids not communicating with you?
Evaluating sleep in children with ADHD: Why it is important
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology Accepts Tarnow Center Research Paper on Autism
Nutrition Consultation and Planning
Vitamins and Micronutrients
Holiday Weight
New Imaging Technique Provides First Look at Gene Activity in the Living Human Brain
Disorders That Resemble Depression But Are Not
Six Points to Consider for Your First Therapy Appointment
The Tarnow Center: A Decade Pursuit of Scientifically-Based Personalized Medicine
Improving School Performance for All Ages
Can Food Be Linked To Your Symptoms?
The Value of Loyalty in Family Stress Around Acculturation
Children with Autism and Learning Differences
Early Experiences and Later Life
The Promise of Brain Plasticity Overcoming Language, Reading, and Learning Problems
When the Four Horsemen Join Your Relationship
ADHD Holiday Shopping Guide
Personal Intelligence
Current Pediatric Care may be Inadequate for the Treatment of ADHD
The Promise of Brain Plasticity
Talking About Change
Anxiety as an Obstacle to Success for Young Adults
Complicated Launchings: Why Are These Kids So Complicated?
Struggling with Fertility
Sexual Addiction and ADHD
Changing Formularies - Intuniv and Focalin
ADHD Treatment in Middle Age and Beyond
Why Group Therapy Is Important
Food Allergies
The Importance of Probiotic Supplements in Maintaining Digestive Health
Preschool Depression
Exposing Shame: What’s Yours?
Mary Poppins is a Lie
10 Tips for Back To School
Medicine’s Top Earners Are Not the M.D.s
The Thrill Of The Chase
From Facebook to Safebook: Five Steps to a Smarter Cyberspace
Use Exercise to Improve Your Grades
Process of Diagnosing ADHD
Neurodevelopmental Assessment Helps Students Play to their Strengths
Adults with ADHD
Neurotherapy Offers New Hope to Children with Autism
Shaping Success
You May Be A.D.D. If....
Self-Management Survival Guide
Back To School
Bullying, Teasing, and the Cyberworld
Chronic Illness
Attachment in Couples: Are You Getting Your Needs Met?
Lord of the Trolls
Attachment Theory as a Guide for Treatment
Forever Yawning: Behavioral Techniques for Sleep Problems
Unraveling the Mystery of Learning Difficulties
Some with Autism Diagnosis Can Overcome Symptoms
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (4 of 5)- Brain Starvation
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (5 of 5) - Men with Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (3 of 5) - DBT in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (2 of 5)- Media Representations of Beauty and the Impact on Body Image
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (1 of 5) - Does My Child Have an Eating Disorder?
Complicated Launchings: Why Are These Kids So Complicated?
Complicated Launchings: Real Data
Twenty-Six Bells
Complicated Launchings: ADHD Kids Grow Up
New and Improved Interactive Metronome
Complicated Launchings: Good Intentions
Meaghan Devlin, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Individuals with Attention-Defi...
Herschel Ebner, Psy.D.
Navigating the turbulent waters of life’s numero...
Human beings are social animals, and as such, we spend most of our lives in connection with thos...
W.Walker Peacock, Psy.D.
Braden Markus was, by all accounts, hea...
Elizabeth Wilkins, LMFT-S, LPC, BCN, BCB
Amber came to me with...
W.Walker Peacock, Psy.D.
We’re entering that fateful time of y...
Herschel Ebner, Psy.D
Parenting a child with behavioral difficulties can be ch...
Learning for children with ADHD can seem impossible, even before considering the repercuss...
Here are some ways to help your child adapt to their 'home' classroom.
Strengthen...
The world has been forced to face a new reality; a reality that has caused loss, change, confusion...
The world has been hit with a plague. COVID-19 has killed so many. At first, these deaths were jus...
At the Tarnow Center we know that keeping brains (of all ages) working, growing, and developing new ...
Hi everyone,
When I last communicated with you about teaching and learning as we are trying to be e...
The Tarnow Center knows that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on new obstacles for families. ...
How are you all surviving our “solitary confinement,” particularly those of you who are playing mu...
Article from MDLinx about the impact of quarantining.
Tips for staying connected during Cov...
The 24-hour news cycle, social media, and the contagion of fear
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I have had several clients concerned about their productivity working from home for t...
To our valued clients,
We at the Tarnow Center for Self-Management are aware of the risin...
300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Though Major Depressive Disorder symptoms can b...
"Are you practicing self-violence? According to Moffitt (2017) “people are very willing to talk abou...
Seniors in high school think that the language of launching is: “Where are you going to scho...
Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is a compound that comes from Hemp plant. Unlike other compounds th...
I am so happy this was published in the Houston Chronicle. It focuses on an ongoing problem in Obs...
“Breathing never works for me.” I hear this sentence all the time from anxious clients.
Hav...
If you’ve experienced trauma, it can be hard to find your old self again. Intrusive thoughts, flashb...
On September 24th, Dr. Tarnow along with Dr. Joan Shook, the Chief Safety Officer at Texas Childre...
A learning disability may be defined as an individual not being able to perform at his/her potential...
In an age of distraction, sometimes it’s a challenge to talk to your own kids. Competing with ...
Children with ADHD commonly experience sleep problems. Past studies indicate 70-85% of children wi...
Dr. Jay Tarnow and Dr. Ron Swatzyna continue to be on the leading edge of mental health treatment ...
Have you tried to stick to a new diet only to cave into your cravings a couple of days later? Are yo...
Did you know that many common medications can deplete your body of micronutrients? Genetically, peop...
Are you looking forward to the holidays but not to the extra pounds that come with celebrating?
A...
New up-and-coming research with live human brains shows a brain map, revealing where genes are being...
Diagnoses and their criteria change as the fields of psychology and psychiatry discover new informat...
Your first therapy appointment is coming up and you’re nervous, “Is my therapist going to be weird? ...
In early 2013, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched the Research Domain Criteria ...
We are at an exciting time in the world of education, where the technological revolution is crossing...
Have you experienced fatigue, stress, or depression without being able to pinpoint the cause? Have...
Without sadness, there is no happiness. Without hate and apathy, there is no love. Without b...
I have the wonderful privilege of serving Houston families and their children diagnosed with autism ...
The idea of primacy, where early experiences shape later development, resonates in the quotation, “A...
“There is an endless war of nerves going on inside each of our brains. If we stop exercising our m...
The work of researcher, John Gottman, PhD, has been influential in the study and understanding of ...
The holiday season is already upon us, which means a break from school, time with family, and gift...
I was reading the September 2015 issue of the Monitor on Psychology when I came across an in...
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, or ADHD, is a condition that plays a prominent role in a c...
“There is an endless war of nerves going on inside each of our brains. If we stop exercising our m...
“You’re worrying me to death”, “You’re going to ruin your life”, “You’re going to wind up dead or ...
Leaving home has a way of bringing submerged difficulties to the surface. Throughout high school, pa...
In my work with older adolescents and young adults, the question, "Why are these kids so complicated...
According to the CDC, infertility will impact 10 percent of women in the United States, which means ...
Twenty years ago I had an enjoyable dinner with Patrick Carnes, PhD. He is the foremost authority ...
Jay Tarnow, MD
Many Insurance companies are taking Intuniv and Focalin off of their formularies an...
Jay D Tarnow, M.D.
This article is a follow-up from my previous Psychopharmacology Newsletter...
Have you ever considered group therapy as an option to assist your child’s self-management developme...
Have you experienced fatigue, stress, or depression without being able to pinpoint the cause? Have...
Jay D Tarnow, MD
There are millions of bacteria on our skin, in ou...
I want to tell you a story:
There once was a little girl who felt very strange. Sometimes she would...
SHAME... Say the world aloud a couple of times and check in compassionately with how you are f...
I am fortunate enough to have a brilliant collection of friends whom I call “The Tribe.” They are a ...
It’s that time again..back to school! As a parent, you may be experiencing mixed emotions.&nbs...
Jay D. Tarnow, MD
In 1988, I predicted that Managed Care would become the bi...
Jay Tarnow, MD
Is the search for stimulation more rewarding than the reward? S...
FROM FACEBOOK TO SAFEBOOK: FIVE STEPS TO A SMARTER CYBERSPACE
What would you say...
Jay D. Tarnow, MD
Often times, parents and caretakers believe that their childre...
In a recent online discussion in Child & Adolescent Neurology, Psychiatry & Neurodevelopment...
Lynn Ayres, M.Ed.
Everyone has a unique learning profile of strengths and weakne...
Jay D. Tarnow, M.D.
Now that adults are increasingly being diagnosed with ADHD, ...
Mainstream has jumped on the bandwagon in raising awareness about Autism. When the popular t...
Applied behavior analysis is commonly used as a way to reinforce appropriate behaviors and discourag...
It wasn’t that long ago when professionals firmly believed that ADHD was strictly a child/adolesce...
The Fourth of July is just around the corner, but for many of you Independence Day will ...
Summer has ended again and school is back in session. Children are filled with anticipation and an...
Bullying is an extremely common experience for children and adolescentes. With the popularity of soc...
Stop Letting the Illness Manage You and Your Family: The Tarnow Center Chronic Illness Self-...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Romantic love is a dynamic state involving two fairly equal partners wh...
It’s getting ugly out there. Just go to the comments section of any news story online, and you’ll ...
What is Attachment?
Attachment is an innate, primal drive toward seeking out and...
Recent reports indicate that insomnia is very common and occurs in approximately 30-60 percent of ...
A child's ability to learn is the litmus test for brain functioning. Learning is the output measur...
Jay D. Tarnow, M.D.
An article recently published in the New York Times titled Some with Autism D...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
We all know what starvation looks like on the outside, whether we env...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Eating Disorders (EDs) are not exclusively diagnosed in girls and wom...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a specialized and empirically-v...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
A 2008 meta-analysis of 77 studies found that exposure to media image...
Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.
Often times, parents are shocked to learn that their child has an eat...
Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D.
In my work with older adolescents and young adults, the question, "Why ar...
Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D.
If only 50% of college students get a Bachelor's degree in this country, ...
W. Walker Peacock, Psy.D.
Twenty-six bells rang across the airwaves this morning to honor the twe...
Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D.
All teenagers need to be educated beyond high school. Educated parents te...
Linda Narun, M.A., CCC-SLP
The Tarnow Center has been a pioneer in the use of intervention progra...
Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D.
Young adults struggle with good intentions—at least the ones I see. They ...