Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
Parenting: Understanding & Reconnecting With Your Teenager
Parenting: Understanding & Reconnecting With Your Teenager If someone were to ask you, “What is one time in your life you would never revisit?”, what would you say? While the answers to this question are numerous, oftentimes the answer falls somewhere from ages 12 to 25. Why is it that people would never want to…
Read MoreRelationship Counseling: How to Balance Couple and Family Time
How Relationship Counseling Can Help You Learn to Balance Couple and Family Time One common struggle that gets brought up in relationship counseling is how to balance couple and family time. It is important for you and your spouse to show your child love and affection. But how can you find a good balance between…
Read MoreParenting: How to Help Your Child Process Big Feelings
How to Parent When Your Child Is Experiencing Difficult Feelings Parenting is not always easy, especially when your child is going through a hard time. No matter your phase of parenthood, you will inevitably see your kids experience many “big” and challenging feelings. But what can you do to help your child during these difficult…
Read MoreWhen Should My Teen Seek Therapy for Negative Self-Talk?
“My Teen is Very Negative. When Should They Go To Therapy?” In our last blog post, I talked about how it’s somewhat normal for your teen to talk negatively about themselves. Your teen’s logic and reasoning skills are still developing.(Related article: Parenting- It’s Not What You Think) It can be normal for your teen to…
Read MoreTherapy for Teens: How to Respond to Negative Self-Talk
Therapy for Teens: How to Respond to Your Child’s Negative Self-Talk Maybe you are reading this because you aren’t sure if you should seek therapy for your teen’s negative self-talk. Or maybe your teen is acting differently lately and seems more negative about their appearance or grades. Negativity can be somewhat normal when it comes…
Read MoreParenting: How to Build Your Teen’s Self Esteem
Parenting Teens: Building Self Esteem Parenting a teen is hard! During this time in your teenager’s life, they are coping with a lot of change and growth. As a result, your teen might be struggling with self esteem. Self esteem issues are not uncommon for teens, but they don’t have to be the norm for…
Read MoreParenting: Back to the Basics
Parenting Babies and Toddlers: Keep it Simple with the Basics Utah is a great place to raise your kids. If you are a new parent, you might look around at these more experienced families and wonder if you will ever seem like the other parents. It might seem like they just know w hat to…
Read MoreLooking for Parenting Advice? Maybe there’s a different way
Parenting: Maybe There’s a Different Way When I have couples come to me asking for parenting advice, I get really excited. Why? Because this is one of the most secure ways of creating change in a family. Without knowing it, this couple has just opened the door to strengthening their relationship, strengthening themselves, strengthening their…
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