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By Reverend Chris Haughee
It was a sunny fall afternoon a few years ago. A friend posed a very interesting question as we ate our dinner on the deck at a local restaurant. “What do you think, Chris, about the possibility of a whole group of people experiencing a reaction to trauma...

Kimberly Gardner, LCSW, LAC
“Kid’s will be kids, right?”   I’m often asked about how to know whether a youngster is truly struggling with something significant or if they’re just “being a kid.”   Sometimes it’s hard to tell.
While we all do our best to raise them to grow up well, there are those moments when we’re not sure what’s happening.   It’s especially challenging when our youngsters are in crisis and their emotions and behaviors have become unmanageable and are putting...

by Sami Butler, RN
As I walk down the halls of Intermountain school on our residential campus in Helena, I am struck by how creative and passionate our teachers are about providing a safe, fun and stimulating academic environment in which to learn. Many children who come...

By Phillip Quinn, M.Ed.
“Let’s do Family Therapy”
Ten years ago, before I started working day to day in the mental health field, I likely would’ve laughed at those words. I might have dismissed the idea as ridiculous and unnecessary. I almost certainly would have mocked the suggestion, citing the ‘family...