Category: Parenting and Family
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Helicopter Parents, Perfect Parents
As parents, we are in a vulnerable situation. How do we raise our children in this modern world? How do we give them what they need so they will be prepared for all the complexities of adult life? (relationships, money, emotions, how to feel and how to think, how to parent, how to…..) What is…
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Parents, Children, and Autism Therapy
Often, the most over looked and yet the most essential work is helping parents cope with an autistic child. Many times parents lose sight of how to care for themselves, their marriage and other children in the family because it can feel selfish or not as important. I am not saying that something is being…
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Parenting a Child with Depression, 9 of the Symptoms
Parenting a Child With Depression Is my child depressed? There is probably some amount of depression if a parent even asks this question. The next question is how to determine the best way to get some relief for your child. This does not necessarily mean antidepressants. It could be changing school environment, a different style…
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Therapy for Parents (How to be there for your kids)
Parenting is more complex than we think. We need to know how to parent each child a little differently. We also need to know how to parent each child in each developmental stage a little differently. Parenting a five year old is very different than parenting a teenager, parenting a quiet introverted child is different…
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Self Deception and the Pathological Liar
How does lying to oneself or another work? Usually, lying starts as a coping strategy. It can start at a young age to avoid a range of problems from avoiding abuse to taking out the garbage. In adolescence it is a way to get some privacy and break away from parental control. Later in life…
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Sand Tray Therapy, An Overview
Sand Tray Therapy : A Powerful Play Therapy Technique for Kids Sand tray therapy is one of the most powerful play therapy techniques for children. For the play therapist, it is comparable to an X-ray or MRI because it provides the unconscious symbols and their relationship. This gives the therapist the information needed to guide the therapy,…
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Family Counseling, an Overview
I wrote in the last post: The primary objective of marriage and family counseling is to improve relationships. There is a method to having satisfying relationships. It is not just a free for all. There are particular skills and guidelines just as there are skills and guidelines for driving a car. You don’t get to…
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Mother and Daughter Counseling, Love and Differentiation
A mother needs enough distance from her to daughter to see what she needs as an individual and enough emotional connection that her daughter feels seen and heard. Then the daughter can mature in her own unique way and the mother feels more satisfied with her role as a mother. This is the purpose of mother…
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Toxic Mother, “Good Enough Mother”, Perfect Mother
We hear the word toxic used to describe relationships and various personalities that are harmful; such as, toxic parents, toxic coworkers, toxic groups or toxic families. The toxic mother means not enough nurturing, not enough selfless love and not enough emotional and physical safety. A toxic mother is harmful. Spectrum of maturity It is more…
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Silent Treatment Abuse or Shunning
“Silent Treatment Abuse” is the ancient practice of shunning using modern terminology to describe how it appears in our present relationships. It can be most confusing and frustrating because it feels like there is nothing that can be done about it. Many people have experienced abandonment, helplessness and loss when they have been shunned by…
