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As a parent, you want to protect your child from everything. But the sad and unfortunate truth? They will likely be exposed to far more than you could ever want them to be.
Trauma can touch your child through an array of situations – death, natural disasters, a car accident, illness or anything else that is a threat to their emotional and physical safety and well-being.
By Elizabeth McMahan
Going through a rough patch in a relationship is never easy, but once you have kids it becomes even more difficult. Children are like sponges who absorb everything you say and do.
Just because your relationship is suffering, it doesn’t mean your children need to suffer along with it. Using these seven tips can help you to co-parent well when all is not well in your relationship.
By Elizabeth McMahan
Children need consistency and stability to thrive, so growing up in a chaotic environment can have some negative effects. Growing up in an environment where abuse, neglect, substance abuse disorders and addiction, or untreated mental illnesses are present, are just a few things that can cause a chaotic childhood.
By Elizabeth McMahan
What’s your typical view on conflict? Most of us either run away in avoidance or approach it head-on with fighting words.
But did you know it’s actually very healthy to engage in conflict? At least, it is when you know the best way to approach it.
A soft startup can help you view conflict as a productive way to meet your needs, rather than the beginning of a dreadful argument.
By Elizabeth McMahan
We’ve all heard about ‘resiliency’, or the ability to quickly bounce back from a challenging situation. But how does resiliency work in the psychological sense?
Psychological Resilience is defined as “an individual’s ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of social disadvantage or highly adverse conditions”; also “the psychological strength to cope with stress and hardship.”
By Elizabeth McMahan
Therapy usually leaves you feeling great, right? You learn new skills and tactics, you get to focus on yourself, and you figure some things that you may not have been able to on your own. The only downside is you can’t keep your therapist in your pocket at all times…so you have to find ways to live what you learn when your session is over.
By Elizabeth McMahan
You have a planner, an iPhone scheduler, and a traditional calendar on the wall.
You’re ridiculously busy. You’re driving. You’re planning You’re volunteering.
You’re filling the fridge. You’re shopping. You’re fretting, soothing, disciplining, cheering them on and checking their social media for all the things you might be missing.
By Elizabeth McMahan
For the most part, people think of couple counseling and marriage counseling as a means to save their relationship when they have come to the end of their rope.
Either both partners realize they need to make the effort and commit to counseling; or, it’s one spouse’s desperate, last-ditch attempt to convince the other to hold it together.
