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What you should know when going to therapy
Going to therapy can be hard. Really hard. So hard that you might not want to do it. However, going to therapy is also amazingly rewarding and a wonderful step…
Parenting Blog: Tips on Parenting your Teenager
The teenage (and often pre-teen) years are known to be a challenging time for everyone (parents, other siblings, teachers, and the teen themselves).
Let Go and Dare Greatly
One of my favorite quotes is the title of Brene Brown’s recent book, “Dare Greatly” and comes from the following excerpt of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910:
Co-Parenting Blog Part 2
For this blog, I wanted to follow up on my co-parenting blog that I posted in March, 2015 with another blog filled with co-parenting tips. My original blog can be found here. I reached out to some of…
Improving Resiliency for Children and Teens
I believe that one of the most important things a parent can do for their child is to help them build their resilience. As people, our lives can be challenging and difficult at times and I think that resiliency…
Cut4Zayn: A Psychologist’s Perspective
I believe that one of the most important things a parent can do for their child is to help them build their resilience. As people, our lives can be challenging and difficult at times and I think that resiliency…
Lean In: A Reflection on Being Asked to Contribute to the News
Until last Wednesday (4/8/15) I had not heard about the recent very alarming trend of fans of One Direction cutting themselves in response to Zayn’s departure from the group. I was shocked to hear this…
Guest Blog: Building Your Child’s Feelings Vocabulary
This is the first guest blog here at Thrive! We are so excited to share Sarah’s blog with our followers. Sarah is a fantastic therapist and works in similar capacities as I do and this post includes some really…
Parenting Blog #3: Where are you going?
Often when I am working with parents we think and talk a lot about what is going on RIGHT NOW. Usually that is because many of the parents are coming to me for help because they are struggling…
“You’re not broken, You’re Human” Working through disappointment and unrealistic expectations
I was reading through a wedding planning book this past weekend and came across this quote:
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