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Mental Health Minute: Coping With the Grief of Having a Child With Medical Complexities
Facebook Live Video Discusses Grief During the Holidays Monica recently sat down for a Facebook Live video on the PHS page to discuss tips for managing grief during the...
Taking Action In Your Child’s Mental Health
Discussing a child’s mental health can be a sensitive topic that adults find difficult to address – and recently, it has been the subject of a lot of news...
Supporting the Family Members of Children with Medical Complexities
When a child has a medical diagnosis, it impacts the entire family. In many instances, it can feel incredibly isolating for the parent, sibling, or even grandparent when it...
Guest Post on Motherhood Moment Blog: When to Get Help for Kids’ Fears, Anxiety
PHS Clinical Social Worker, Monica Handlos, was thrilled when she learned about the opportunity to increase awareness and decrease the stigma around mental health through a post on the...
Tools to Help Children Express Concerns and Strong Emotions
It is natural for both children and adults to express strong emotions when dealing with the everyday stresses of medical diagnoses and cares. But our clinical social worker, Monica...
Play Therapy Helps the Sibling of a Medically Complex Child Cope With Emotions
To recognize Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we focused on discussing the importance of making mental health a priority – how you can practice self-care in just moments, different...
Mental Health Counseling Gives Words To Feelings
PHS has been known for providing comprehensive care for children with medical complexities for over 25 years, and we recognize that this means caring for not only their physical needs, but...
Providing Support for Siblings of Children with Medical Complexities
When a child has a complex medical condition, parents are not the only family members whose lives are affected by the major impacts that these diagnoses can often have....