Let’s Go There: Navigating the College Transition
You ask. Causeway answers. In future issues of our Causeway Connections e-blasts, we’ll feature questions from parents and caregivers in a section called Let’s Go There, along with Causeway’s best answers. Being our first e-blast, this time we’ve asked mental health clinician and Futures Coach Anthony Rinaldi, MS, LPC-A at our Westport location, to share […]
Podcast: Understanding Anger in Young Men: Beyond the Surface Emotions
Welcome to another great episode of Causeway Conversations, where Vince, Nicole, and Gina dissect the misunderstood emotion of anger in young men. They dive into its underlying causes such as fear and confusion, and the transformative power of understanding, communication, and patience in addressing it. The discussion begins with an insightful look into […]
Podcast: Exploring Personal Growth and Leadership
Join hosts Vince, Gina, and Nicole as they tackle personal growth, leadership, and navigating life’s hurdles while reinforcing Causeway’s mission to guide young men through mentorship, coaching, and therapy. Nicole starts the podcast with her insights on leadership: “Leadership can look in a variety of different ways. Being graceful is leadership. There are […]
Podcast: Westport Family Counseling hosts the guys from Causeway Collaborative
Nicholas Strouse talks with Vince Benevento and his colleagues who have formed a team to help young men who may have lost their way. Over the course of the podcast, they explore a crisis that many young men are facing: the inability to find an identity as a man, and an inertia that has stalled […]
Kids’ Obsession with Fortnite is Not an Addiction
The word “Fortnite” has rapidly inserted itself into almost every parent’s vocabulary in recent years, whether or not your son plays the game himself. When kids are spending so much time on one thing, especially a video game, it is normal for parents to worry, and it is common for video games to become the […]
Planning For Your Son’s Return Home this Semester
Click the video to watch the Causeway Team discuss challenges associated with sharing your home with your son as he returns back from school. Topics include: Surviving Finals Mental Health Setting Boundaries Failure to Launch Family Challenges Uncertainty and more
Getting In to College Doesn’t Mean Students Are Ready to Go
From The New York Times By Lisa Damour April 27, 2015 Last October I held a hastily scheduled psychotherapy session with a teenager facing a disastrous start to her college career. When we met, she somberly shared that she was on her university’s radar for her uncontrolled drinking and had a coming court date for a […]
Podcast: Westport Family Counseling hosts the guys from Causeway Collaborative
Nicholas Strouse talks with Vince Benevento and his colleagues who have formed a team to help young men who may have lost their way. Over the course of the podcast, they explore a crisis that many young men are facing: the inability to find an identity as a man, and an inertia that has stalled […]
Returning to School: What Parents Need to Know
The shift between a long vacation and a new school year can be a difficult one, particularly for young men already dealing with pre-existing mental health conditions. A new school year means changes, new classes and new teachers, and it can also mean a return to old fears and stressors and the re-introduction of ongoing […]
Helping Our Boys Envision a Future
By Vince Benevento The transition to college is stressful for everyone—but it can be particularly trying for students with LD and ADHD who underperformed in high school. For a number of those students the move will be so overwhelming that they will not complete it successfully. Who are these kids? They come from the place […]