The Interfaith Bridge Mental Health Blog
Real Talk for Teens, Young Adults, & the People Who Love Them
Welcome to our blog. This is where our Colorado clinical team get real about what teens, young adults, and the people who love them are actually going through. Here you’ll find posts on anxiety, trauma, identity, neurodivergence, relationships, and why the advice you’ve already tried probably isn’t enough.
We write for teens who are trying to make sense of what they’re feeling. For young adults figuring out who they are and what they want out of life. For the parents and caregivers who are showing up every day even when they don’t have the answers. And…for anyone who’s ever Googled something at 2am because they just needed to know they weren’t alone in it.
Every post comes from inside our practice here at Interfaith Bridge Counseling, written by therapists, counselor candidates, and interns who are actively working with young people in Colorado, under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor. No recycled advice. No watered-down wellness content. Just honest, fact-checked, grounded information from people who actually support people like you.
Dissociation & Young People
Dissociation, or the feeling of being disconnected from yourself and/or the world around you, is felt by many teens and young adults
Maybe you’ve noticed that #dissociation has been all over social media, with people sharing their experiences of feeling "out of it" or disconnected from reality. While we’re glad social media has made mental health topics more accessible, it’s important to remind ourselves that it can also spread misinformation
Understanding How You Process Language: Gestalt vs. Analytic Language Processing
Have you ever found yourself struggling to get your point across? Or missed the punch line when the rest of your friends were laughing? Does it feel like a struggle to verbally connect with others, or “keep up” with conversation”? If so, know that you’re not alone and that your feelings may result from how you process language.