You can tell that your teen has lots on their mind. You can tell by the deafening silence, the dejected hang of their head, or a really long stretch of texting time..

How is it that girls presenting with ADHD don’t receive a diagnosis? The answer is quite simple: their symptoms don’t present the same way.

Family conflict is such a complex beast. The more people in the family, the more conflict and it is exponential. So how do you go about trying to find a resolution when there is conflict?

Most of us, when we have to deal with “attitude”, would like to be able to just get them to stop it and do/be what we want them to be. What do you do?

Mindfulness can help those who have trauma learn how to cope with their intrusive thoughts and memories. It can help us to change the way we think.

It is so easy to give advice for how to deal with your teen’s emotional outbursts when you are not in the midst of your teen’s screaming fit or even watching them physically act out.

How does shame affect your self-worth? You know, the degree to which you value yourself. The stuff that makes you glad to be you.

Cognitive Behavior therapy is a research-informed method of helping change behaviors, habits, and even feelings by addressing the thoughts that feed into these behaviors.

Self-sooth is a DBT distress tolerance skill used when faced with a crisis situation, which can help to reduce intense difficult emotions and calm in times of high stress.

Listening… not thinking about what you will say in response, what you will “teach” them or how you will advise them…just listening.

What are the situations that you, as a parent, try to fix? Do they really want you to fix it? To intervene? Sometimes teens just want empathy.

Did you know you could have fun in therapy? Fun allows the therapist and client to strengthen their therapeutic connection.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy has been studied with various age groups in research that show it’s useful for children from elementary ages through adolescence.

Let’s face it: very few teens want to go to therapy! Mom or dad or a doctor suggested they needed to go and even if a teen knows that, it is not likely that they will admit it to you!

Depression can cause an irregularity and instability in mood. Depression can impact one’s daily functions such as hygiene, sleep, appetite and interactions with others.

When a teen’s feelings don’t match the situation or there is no solution to the problem, teens need to regulate their emotions using Opposite Action Skill.

The idea of letting go of what you can’t control with your teen is the stuff that makes for sleepless nights. After all, they have all these adolescent issues.

The idea of letting go of what you can’t control with your teen is the stuff that makes for sleepless nights. After all, they have all these adolescent issues.

Often parents want their teen in therapy for “one or two sessions, five at the most.” They decide their teen needs to go to therapy and get “fixed”. If only it were so simple!

In this blog, I will share four ways I help my clients work on decreasing their inner critic voice while increasing their inner coach or cheerleader voice.