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.

Have you ever noticed how much is written and said about forgiving other people? Yet how often do we hear that it’s just as important to forgive ourselves?

Dissociation is a condition in which a person feels detached from themselves, their feelings, the objects around them.

In DBT, “Willfulness” means rigidity, refusing anything but your strictly planned goal. It limits our way of looking at a problem.

Yes, that’s right, distraction is a skill. It helps us to tolerate and distract from a crisis situation until we are ready to cope with it head on.

There are many pros and cons of engaging in telehealth. There are some specific pros and cons of engaging in telehealth during the holiday season.

Oftentimes, when our teenagers approach us with problems, they aren’t asking for advice but looking for us to be supportive and acknowledge that what they are feeling is difficult.

We understand that realistically, your teen might be having a rough time during the holiday season. That’s why we want to share a DBT Skill to help you out.

Oftentimes, when our teenagers approach us with problems, they aren’t asking for advice but looking for us to be supportive and acknowledge that what they are feeling is difficult.

And all of us have beliefs about ourselves that have influenced decisions we have made and have affected our ability to handle the curves that life sends us.

I often tell my clients that we get stuck when ruminating over the past and future. This often provokes anxious thoughts and feelings.

Thanksgiving is typically thought of as a happy time. However, for some teens, Thanksgiving induces anxiety for a variety of reasons.

What if all of the glitter, deep meaning, and calls for being thankful are more of a burden for your teen, and even for you? When this is the case, you worry about self-harm in any of its many forms.

Gratitude. Simple in concept, but difficult in practice. Be grateful for what you have and show appreciation for others, sounds easy right?

SCREENS! Some parents see them as the bane of their existence, and other parents feel too overwhelmed to fight the seduction of social media.

As you and others learn about the many causes of complex trauma, you are then in the best position to support your adolescent, or other teens, who are living with its effects.

In order to begin to check the facts, we need to identify the facts of the promoting event that triggered our emotion. We can ask ourselves “Do our emotions fit the facts of the situation”?

When we envision who our teens will become, as they discover who they are, we have to let go of who we thought they would be.

Many of the teens we work with at Mindful Healing tend to compare themselves to others on social media, believing others are happier, richer, prettier, or better than they are.