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How History Gets In Our Way
Our minds have a way of making sense when things aren’t clear, and they often do so by giving us the same old story over and over again.
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Back to School
For many teens, the start of the school year can be a bit like the Staples commercial, you may remember the one where the parent is practically dancing down the aisles while the child is dragging behind looking anything but excited.
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Starting Therapy – Getting Started
The very idea of therapy can feel very daunting and actually taking steps to contact a therapist can be intimidating. I created this series to take some of the mystery out of the process in the hopes that armed with knowledge of what to expect, you will feel more...
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Hitting Pause
I’ve talked in previous blogs about the inclination of parents to offer reassurance or go into ‘fix it mode,” when their teen is struggling, and possible reasons for doing so. In my humble opinion, parenting is quite simply, a very challenging job! Unlike...
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Question to Parents – Why Do We Go into “Fix It Mode?”
The bottom line is this: teens’ emotions can evoke a lot of intense feelings for parents, and for many reasons, we may want to shut the intensity down, leading to ‘fix it mode.” As parents, why do we do that?
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