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What I want to remember when I become a mother, a child therapist’s perspective, Part 2
Thank you so much for checking out my second blog in this series! As I mentioned before, this blog series is definitely more …
Blog Post: What I want to remember when I become a mother, a child therapist’s perspective Part 1
What a lot of people who are close to me know is that I am currently pregnant and excitedly, nervously expecting our first child.
Teens and Motivation Part 3
We can’t discuss how to motivate teens without looking a bit more at what motivation actually is. In our culture, we often think of motivation as something that is a static, ongoing state. People are often described as being motivated, or not…
Teens and Motivation Part 2
Hopefully many of you were able to check out last weeks’ post, which is the Part 1 of this series on Teens and Motivation. Today, I am going to focus on the building blocks of motivation that I briefly mentioned last…
Teens and Motivation Part One
What I hear most often from parents of the teens with whom I work is complaints about why their teen is not motivated to do the things that they want them to do. Why are they spending all their time on YouTube instead of homework? Why are their social relationships so much more important to…
8 Tips on How Parents Can Make Their Child’s Therapy More Effective
Parents who call Thrive are often feeling desperately in need of support for their family, their child or teen, and often themselves. While the issues they are…
5 Tips to Help Prepare your Child/Teen to Start Therapy
One of the most common challenges parents talk with me about is not necessarily recognizing that their child or teen might benefit from therapy, but how to talk with the child or teen about attending…
Why Choose Thrive? By: Erica
In starting Thrive Therapy Studio, my mission was to expand my practice in order to be able to touch more lives both through helping more people and training more therapists in the style of therapy I believe to be most effective. The first step in this process…
6 Reasons I love Being a Therapist, by Dr. Maria Fowlks
Being a therapist brings me so much joy. I get to connect with individuals from all walks of life and see the world through their lens. There are many reasons why I love being a therapist. I will share 6 of these reasons…
A Therapist’s Reflection on Gratitude
Gratitude is a hot topic this time of year and while I try to practice gratitude all year, I certainly emphasize it during the holidays as well. Practicing gratitude is crucial to building an authentic and vulnerable life…