Vermont Herb School

Join Cerina’s Herbal Wellness Interactive Education Program
An immersive experience with plants, fungi, food, healing, and fun!

Natural strategies for optimal wellbeing - emotionally, intellectually, and physically
at every age and stage of life
1-year program for beginner to intermediate students
held in Brattleboro, VT area (and online)

WELLNESS and FREEDOM NOW, LLC
Customized Holistic Wellness
Programs for Struggling Families

Guidance and support for parents of teens and young people with mental health or behavioral challenges.
Unlock their internal calm, deepen personal connections, aid them in gaining conversational communication, greater self-regulation, confidence, motivation, and joy.

Wellness and Freedom Now, LLC programs equip parents with powerfully effective tools and skills to help their teens and young people thrive emotionally, even in the face of severe anxiety, ADHD, autism, ODD, bipolar, depression, or other significant behavioral and/or mental health challenges.
Whether your teen is resisting help, you've tried everything, or nothing has worked—yet—we can guide you to greater lasting success.

Warning Signs of Struggling Teens

Some of the warning signs that a teen or young person may be experiencing a mental health concern, (even when not diagnosed), include:

  • Sadness lasting more than two weeks, or worsening.

  • Changes in social behaviors, including self-isolating.

  • Hurting oneself, risky, destructive behavior.

  • Injuring others, or becoming out of control.

  • Feeling hopeless, focusing on dying, death or suicide.

  • Outbursts, emotional upsets, moodiness, agitation.

  • Refusal to give up devices and screens.

  • Big changes in mood, behavior, personality.

  • Low energy, lethargy.

  • Loss of interest in interests they used to enjoy.

  • Changes in eating habits, including weight changes.

  • Trouble sleeping or excessive sleeping.

  • Frequent headaches, body aches, or stomachaches.

  • Trouble concentrating.

  • Not responding, running off, hiding.

  • Struggling in or avoiding school.

  • Excessive exercise, strict dieting, binging.

  • Overuse of OTC medications, inc cough medicine.

  • Using alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs.

  • Think their mind is being controlled, hearing people or dangerous messages

Our Approach

Our programs employ our exclusive 5-step strategy that quickly reduces BIG struggles with anxiety, meltdowns, aggression, defiance, withdrawal, intellectual delays, sensory and social struggles.

With our guidance and support, parents soon witness their teen/young person feeling better, calmer and more at ease.
Kids retain everything you love about their personality and delightful quirks - while living a more satisfying life - with less stress, impulsivity, frustration, pain, and upsets.

What Clients Say

  • There is just an incredible wealth of knowledge and information and guidance that you get. And then being able to follow through on the plan that we made with [Cerina's] help has just been invaluable."

    - Malena

  • “I highly recommend Cerina’s program because it has been transfomational and empowering for my whole family!”"

    - Sophie

  • "I have really come to see how brilliant my son actually is and I believe he's going to do amazing things in life."

    - J.P.

Learn More

Learn more about Cerina and “Wellness and Freedom Now, LLC” through the About Page and throughout this website.