We hear about it all the time, but let’s take a second to get back to basics about self-care.

Being a young person in school can get extremely challenging when dealing with bullying and other aggressive behaviors from peers. As an adult ally, learn more about how you can recognize aggressive behaviors and how to support youth who are targets.

After 15 years of leadership and girl empowerment, Ophelia’s Place Executive Director Verna Wise Matthews is passing the leadership baton to OP’s vice president of programs and licensed professional counselor, Laura Sanchez. Sanchez will take over as executive director on Nov. 1.

Tracy Berry of McKenzie River Broadcasting shares the great news that Ophelia's Place has opened a downtown location in Albany Oregon, expanding OP's empowerment services. Let’s listen.

On the corner of Fourth Avenue and Lyons Street in downtown Albany, Ophelia’s Place waits patiently to welcome youth girls, now, less than a week away.

Listening, learning with, and talking about access to health services with your young person is more important than ever. How can you tackle this important conversation? Here's some guidance to get started.

Youth are experiencing a swath of feelings after transitioning to in-person activities after two pandemic years, like anxiety around reconnecting with friends, school performance and motivation, and depression. Here are two tools that could help.

Albany-area girls ages 10-18 will soon have the opportunity to meet new friends, explore new interests, and connect with trauma-informed adults to help navigate the joys and challenges of their teen years.

According to some reports, recreational screen time nearly doubled among teens during the pandemic. Adults can model healthy ways to use online media while helping young people transition back to being in-person.

Ophelia’s Place received a $100,000 donation from Cigna Foundation - the largest single-year grant the youth-serving nonprofit has received outside of funding from its founder.

“New Year, New You” is so done. What your body looks like doesn’t define your value or your ability to be loved. Use the new year to celebrate the incredible person you already are.

Our insecurities around food and body image can increase during a time of financial insecurity and food scarcity, which gives more power to our “internal food police.” Healthy, happy eating can help.

It doesn’t take a specific “mother” or “father” label to provide guidance and care. It takes love.

OP Multicultural Program Coordinator Salsi Alzubaidi helped to create an alternative education system in Jordan to serve a number of refugee youth, and to help them build their sense of belonging and resiliency.

The certification gives OP Therapist Rikki Redhead a step-by-step process to work through with clients who are open to weekly family therapy.

We made it. A year ago students, parents and school staff alike dreamed of the day when kids would be able to return to school, and now here we are, gearing up for staff and students to return to in-person learning. Support youth and yourself during the transition.