Loving Your Child Through It: How to Support Your Child Through Behavioral Issues
When children and families go through difficult times, the best thing a parent can do is continue to support and love the child through the changes. Change can mean anything. Change can occur due to an illness, happiness, trauma, unresolved issues, or other health concerns. When change is happy, loving your child through it is…
Read MoreHow to Identify Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Teens
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder that can be difficult to identify, especially in children. OCD can have negative effects on a child’s ability to handle various day-to-day tasks and everyday stressors. According to the Archives of Disease in Childhood, “OCD in childhood and adolescence is an impairing condition, associated with a specific…
Read MoreHow Children Process Adoption Throughout Their Development
Children, though malleable and resilient, need to process changes in their life. Even good changes take time to process, and there can be grief mixed in with joy. This response to change is most true in cases of adoption. Adoption is a big deal, and it is a joyous celebration for both parent and child…
Read MoreDr. Ken Huey Presenting at SUU’s Family Matters Annual Conference
SUU Family Matters Conference Dr. Ken Huey was recently asked to come present at Southern Utah University’s Family Matters Conference. “Each year, the Department of Family Life and Human Development hosts a Family Matters Conference, designed to give valuable insight into the problems families face today, and improve family life and individual mindfulness. It is…
Read MoreHow The Brain Learns: Teen Edition
The teen brain is still growing, still developing, and always learning. According to Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, the brain continues to mature until about 25 years of age. Therefore, teens have a lot of growing, learning, observing, and testing before their brains reach maturity. During the teen years, the brain must receive lots of help…
Read MoreIdentifying What Your Teen’s Behaviors Mean
Behaviors, no matter how small or large, are a form of communication. Behavior is the first way babies learn to communicate their needs, like crying for a diaper change or nuzzling to be fed. It is the baby’s way of understanding what’s going on around them. As babies grow, they take those behaviors with them…
Read MoreDialectical Behavioral Therapy for Teens–How It Works
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a therapy designed for teens and adults who struggle with a myriad of mental health and trauma-related issues. Some of the practices within DBT may also work well for children. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a great therapeutic approach for those who need help regulating emotions, developing good coping strategies, and…
Read MoreWhat Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
Developed in the 1980s by Marsha Linehan, a psychology researcher out of the University of Washington, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) was initially invented to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). Marsha Linehan herself claimed a diagnosis of BPD. However, since its inception, DBT has shown to be effective for various mental health conditions. The original DBT…
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Eric Allred was born and raised in Rigby, Idaho. He grew up on a family farm where he learned the value of work. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Rick’s College, now known as BYU-Idaho. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Utah State University, received a master’s degree in organizational behavior and human relations from the University of Phoenix and a second master’s degree in marital and family therapy from Phillips Graduate Institute. Eric has been involved in Rotary and was president of a local Rotary Club. He enjoys being with his family and doing outdoor activities such as fly fishing.
Chase was very fortunate to start in this industry as a struggling 17 year old kid looking for a mentor and something to be passionate about. Wilderness therapy was Chase’s first stop in this industry and was truly a transcendental experience for him. Chase has an enormous love for this line of work and the power that it has in creating change in everyone involved. Chase’s biggest belief is the power a mentor, strong, healthy relationships, and accountability can have on anyone, especially youth. Taking a very relational approach to his work, Chase has always been very relatable to the students he works with. Being able to understand and relate to a vast variety of the same struggles as a lot of the students he works with has been able to help him continue to grow, learn, and teach. Chase believes that with great rapport and trust, he can use his experience to continue to coach and train new staff, and has the ability to find those staff with the passion for this industry, and help them grow. His love and passion can be felt the moment you talk with Chase about this industry and he passes that on to others he works with. In his spare time you will find Chase cheering for the Eagles, Yankees, and Mavericks, hanging out with his brother, learning more about Eastern Psychology, and continuing to grow and learn.