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When Your Adolescent Seems Fine But Isn’t

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Understanding Self-Esteem in Tweens and Teens Self-esteem in adolescence is not about confidence in the way we usually think of it. It is not about being outgoing, high-achieving, or popular. It is quieter than that, and messier. It is the story your child carries...

When Weekly Therapy Isn’t Enough

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How Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) Help Kids (and Parents) Finally Move Forward If you’ve ever sat in your car after a hard day and thought… “Nothing is working anymore.” “We’ve tried therapy… why isn’t this helping?” “We can’t keep living like this.” You are not...

Is My Child Ready to Stay Home Alone?

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Is My Child Ready to Stay Home Alone? (And Why It Feels Way Harder Than It Did in the 90s) There was a time when “staying home alone” meant: A landline phone A snack from the pantry Maybe a reminder to “don’t open the door for anyone” And somehow… that was the whole...

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Mental Health

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Mental Health A therapist’s reflections after watching the Eras Tour docuseries Over the past few weeks I watched the six-episode docuseries “Taylor Swift: The End of an Era.” The series gives a behind-the-scenes look at the work,...

Saying Goodbye

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Saying GoodbyeRecently, I said goodbye to my roommate of 13 years.She was my little shadow, my constant companion, my food thief, and the one who could lookdown her nose at me at any given moment. She never let me go to the bathroom alone, and itfelt like she knew my...