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How To Survive Your Teen’s Teens
If you’re the parent of an adolescent, one of the keys to effectively caring for your child,…
Understanding Youth Culture: The Mindset List
This fall, professors throughout the nation will be referencing a now-famous cheat sheet to help them better…
When we cannot protect our children…
News of mass violence leaves most of us feeling grieved, angry, and baffled. But the recent shooting…
Why Teens Cut
Article one in a series of three about self-harm. Self-Harm is an increasingly pervasive symptom of emotional…
Creating Therapeutic Experiences for BPD
Several months into treatment, Julie began to reveal events in her family life that were extremely difficult…
DBT Treats BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) gets its name from an early misconception. The intense emotional outbursts that accompany…
Empty Nest? Learn How to Sleep Again!
When my kids were in high school, they were convinced that I was psychic. When they missed…
Enriched Environment Therapy
Trauma My senior year in high school, a close friend of mine suffered a severe brain trauma…
Family Therapy: A Cultural Perspective
When I lived in Japan I came to describe the pace as “furiously slow.” Everyone seemed busy…
How to Talk to Your Kids About Tragic Events
This week’s tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, has most parents feeling a variety of difficult…