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Stonewalling – An Intergenerational Power Tool in Insecure Relationships

By |2023-09-14T17:53:11+00:00September 13th, 2023|Abusive Relationship Counseling, Anger Issues, Anxiety Treatment, Family of Origin Counseling, Fear and Pani, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling|

Stonewalling is a form of passive aggressive interaction where one person in a close relationship withdraws from the other, to punish you for wounding them and making them feel insecure. In order to manage the threat of that insecurity they turn the tables and attempt to shift the insecurity to the other person. It’s [...]

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Mothering Preteens to Prevent Them Turning into Angry Adults

By |2023-04-18T18:09:35+00:00April 18th, 2023|Anger Management Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Mothering preteens is both exasperating and bitter sweet as your cute kids navigate the world with their own minds and developing bodies. Preteens fluctuate between being clingy and needy to pulling away from a leash that feels both safe yet restrictive. Mothering preteens is awkward, and unstable, shifting mothering duties from care taking to [...]

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Positive Fathering and Preteen Emotional Wellbeing

By |2023-03-21T17:11:00+00:00March 21st, 2023|Family Counseing, Parenting Counseling|

Preteen father of two, Gary, a 38-year-old statistician was horrified when he read that  from 2009 to 2022, suicides in young people had risen by 69.5% in the United States. He panicked, as a tumult of thoughts raced through his mind – searching for evidence where he failed to take action, or was over [...]

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Surviving Separations and Reunions That Promote Healthy Relationships

By |2022-09-13T23:08:49+00:00September 13th, 2022|Breakups and Separation, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling, Separation and Loss, separation counseling, Uncategorized|

Surviving separations may conjure up major milestones like the loss of a loved one who has moved away or passed on – in other words, a physical separation. But it’s usually the micro separations from the moment one is born that have massive emotional impacts and determine how well you will adapt to and [...]

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Discussing Divorce With Young Children

By |2022-07-28T17:16:04+00:00July 28th, 2022|Communication Problems, Parenting Counseling, separation counseling|

Three Impediments to Discussing Divorce With Young Children, and a Three Step Process to do it Well Discussing divorce with young children is probably every parent’s worst nightmare. All the promises you made yourself when you first embarked on the parenthood journey crumble into dust, making you feel like a failure. Discussing divorce with [...]

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Hate Being the Bogey Man? Then Give up These Four Things

By |2022-07-11T18:01:30+00:00July 11th, 2022|Abusive Relationship Counseling, Insecurity Counseling, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Hate Being the Bogey Man? Then Give up These Four Things! Being cast as the bogey man is hurtful, crushing and upends your sense of reality. Your self-esteem and sense of value is threatened. Being the bogey man in your romantic relationship can wear you down into a beleaguered timid powerless victim OR make [...]

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Three Ways a Relationship Crisis Benefits Communication, Intimacy and Self-care

By |2022-06-09T21:51:26+00:00June 9th, 2022|Communication Problems, Couples Counseling, couples therapy, Family Counseing, Grief Counseling, Individual Counseling, Intimacy, Parenting Counseling|

Three Ways a Relationship Crisis Benefits Communication, Intimacy and Self-care The very term relationship crisis makes your heart stop, your blood pressure sky rocket and a flood of adrenalin preparing you for fight/flight/or freeze. It’s unpleasant and threatening. Most of us want to avoid a relationship crisis and do everything we can to avoid [...]

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Six Signs of Pre-empty Nest Fears and Six Ways to Manage Them

By |2022-05-18T16:41:02+00:00May 10th, 2022|Intimacy, Parenting Counseling, Separation and Loss|

Pre-empty nest fears come at you suddenly, and gradually invade your waking hours. Pre-empty nest fears start when your child says, “I want to make my own play date!” It’s that bitter sweet moment when you are simultaneously relieved that your child is pushing towards doing things independently but also doesn’t need you in [...]

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The Way You Love Your Child is Key to Their Mental Health

By |2022-04-15T16:53:54+00:00April 15th, 2022|Anger Stress and Health, Family Counseing, Parenting Counseling, stress|

The Way You Love Your Child is Key to Their Mental Health The way you love your child is the most significant factor in determining his or her mental health. One-third of children between 3-17 years of age in America have at least one mental health problem. So it may be present in your [...]

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Unintentional Consequences of Overdosing in Adolescents – What are the signs?

By |2022-02-17T04:56:39+00:00February 17th, 2022|Anxiety therapy, couples therapy, Family Counseing, Parenting Counseling, stress|

Protecting Your Child From Unintentional Overdosing Is someone dear to you, like your teenage child, a niece or nephew or a sibling taking prescribed medication for chronic pain or anxiety and depression? Does it ever cross you mind that there is a danger of overdosing? A report in the New York Times from November [...]

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