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How to Clean Out Your Pantry

Discover step-by-step tips for cleaning out your pantry, removing processed foods, and replacing them with gut-healthy, brain-nourishing options for your family.

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The Basic Ingredients for Good Mental Health

Good mental health starts with everyday habits. At Behaved Brain Wellness Center in Bergen County, we guide children, teens, and families to build emotional resilience by focusing on six simple, powerful practices.

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Natural Ways to Support ADHD in Children

Choosing a natural approach to ADHD can be both empowering and effective. Natural ADHD Therapy in Bergen County helps children reduce maladaptive behaviors, improve focus, and build emotional resilience without the side effects of medication.

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Outdoor Activities that are Actually Therapeutic for Kids

Incorporating outdoor activities that are therapeutic into a child’s daily life is more than just good fun—it’s a crucial step toward holistic health. These activities support brain function, physical health, emotional resilience, and social development. More importantly, they provide children with coping tools and self-regulation strategies that serve them for life.

Modern Therapy for Postpartum Depression

Our practice has made Postpartum Depression Therapy a priority so that we can serve what we still feel is a largely underserved community of women who could benefit tremendously from therapy.

The Truth About Sensory Processing Disorder

Through strategic and individualized Sensory Processing Disorder Therapy, our team of clinicians at Behaved Brain can advise on lifestyle changes and therapies that limit undesired stimuli while supporting an optimal environment for the individual to thrive.

Technology Addiction: The Epidemic of our Time

Our reward system is hijacked on a daily basis as our children, and people of all ages, become addicted to the dopamine hit that screen time provides. Evidence is mounting about the damning effects that screen time has on our basic socialization skills, deeply impacting successful relationships, self-esteem, ambitions and so much more.

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Normalizing Neurodiversity

With a background in neuroscience, founder Katie Gately understands the value of neurodiversity and how identifying each client’s strengths can help mold their confidence and their future. Doing so enables our team to support each client with ways to nurture their unique brain chemistry, empowering them with tools and education to help them use their mind to its fullest potential.