by Kristen Craren | Dec 2, 2020 | mind body connection
This blog will include a series of blogs starting with how neurofeedback came to me on my journey as a human and clinician, its relationship to your path to healing and what the experience is like for me. Hopefully this will demystify the process for you and encourage...
by Kristen Craren | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Click to Read Article by Channel 5 News on Stress Awareness
by Kristen Craren | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2005 I had applied to numerous colleges with bright-eyed dreams and fantasies of what could be. The months dragged on and the acceptance letters hit the post. I remember checking the mailbox each day awaiting the deliberations of what fate would have in store for...
by Kristen Craren | Nov 10, 2020 | General
We have endured a challenge unknown in recent memory; a global pandemic which shakes the very certainties which offer us the mundane comforts of daily life. I, like many of us, have witnessed a “breaking news” story only to release a deep sigh and wonder what in...
by Kristen Craren | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Divorce can be inherently complicated. The starting process alone comes with a collection of forms and documents that leave so many people spun around and uncertain as to what step comes next and which step may seem to be our downfall. Divorce can come with a sense of...
by Kristen Craren | Oct 20, 2020 | Children, Relationships
Throughout pregnancy, so many new mothers are bombarded with media images and messages from family and friends about the magical journey they are about to embark upon with their beautiful new bundle of joy. While so much about pregnancy, childbirth, and new...
by Kristen Craren | Oct 20, 2020 | General
We tend to underestimate the importance of our identity and worth. It seems to be a universal human experience this idea that we do not know why we are here nor how important and vital our individual existence actually is. This mystery; who am I and what is my worth...
by Kristen Craren | Oct 12, 2020 | Children
Here’s a recent interview Kristen Craren, LPC and James Ahearn, JD, LPC did with Saint Louis Magazine on how Halloween may be affected in your neighborhood this year and how to address it with the kiddos. CLICK TO READ
by Kristen Craren | Oct 12, 2020 | Children
We love community outreach! Click the link to watch Kristen Craren, LPC and co-owner of Archway Therapy talk about the COVID crisis and your teen’s mental health. CLICK HERE
by Kristen Craren | Oct 12, 2020 | Trauma
Studies of mass trauma have been conducted by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y., and others have previously established that survivors of the Holocaust have altered levels of circulating...