Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments
A Child’s Unseen Battle: The Story of Separation Anxiety Every morning, when the sun spills through the curtains and the house stirs awake, the same dread creeps in. “What if today is the day they don’t come back?” It starts as a whisper in his mind, then grows into a...
Anxiety, Emotion Regulation
You’ve committed to practicing grounding, your awareness has increased, you’re ready to make your thoughts and feelings known. Not so fast. Ask yourself “What do I want to happen in this situation?” This is a much more involved question than...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Interpersonal problems
You have been trying really hard to manage your teen’s behavior, and maybe by now you have already read many books, took your teen to many therapists, offered your teen money, removed the cell phone, forbidden him to see his friends, denied buying music from...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal problems, Values
It’s Monday night, and Kathleen returns home after a long day at work; she opens the door and as soon as she enters she hears the voice of her 15-year old daughter, Natalie, “Can I spend the night at my boyfriend’s house?” Caught by surprise, Kathleen pauses, and then...
Behavior change, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments
Dear Readers: This is the second part of a series of posts for parents who have discovered their teen is cutting and want to know what to do about it. In our previous post, for parents: what to do if you teen is cutting (part 1), we identified specific steps for...
Behavior change, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Parent series: emotion regulation, Parent series: general parenting
It can be challenging for any of us to see a friend, family member, or loved one upset. It can be especially difficult for a parent to see their child this way. Often parents find themselves wanting to “fix” or “solve” the problem for their child so that they are no...
