Strategies for College Stress
Senior year is a time of intense anxiety and loss, surrounding an inevitable next step for many youth — college. As much as we would like summer vacation to be about, well, vacationing, odds are many students and their parents aren't having a totally worry-free summer.
For graduating high school seniors, college is on the horizon, bringing with it many emotions. The excitement and anticipation of the impending transitions to college and living away from family, meeting new friends and living independently can be stressful. What do we know about anxiety during the college years? How can you prepare yourself and your child?
Rachel Bedick, LICSW at PAGS, recommends the following article about the stresses that can affect our children through the college years with helpful strategies to address them.
Click link to read:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/anxiety-in-college-what-we-know-and-how-to-cope-2019052816729
