Have you heard
the (true) story of the little girl that went out every morning to
get the mail, and the mailman greeted her with "Hello, Miss
America!" She ended up winning the Miss America pageant. We don't
understand the power that words, phrases, and expressions have on
people's lives unless we understand the "magic"...
In this
episode, a research study referenced on psypost.org caught my eye and I wanted to
share it and talk about how it reflects what I see in the playroom
at my practice and my interaction with parents. In the research
they make three points. First that executive functioning is
compromised. I explain what that means...
In thinking
about New Year's changes, or things you want to change in this
upcoming year, I want to caution you about changing too much at
once! "Don't Try To Change Everything At Once" is another episode
in my "Rules of Thumb" series [as taken from Child-Parent
Relationship Therapy (Bratton & Landreth, 2019)]. When...
Stop beating
yourself up over things that you don't know! In this episode, I go
over a concept that I call the "Parenting Prison". I'll explain
what that is and how to get out. Next I discuss that there is no
guilt or blame in not knowing something. Our parenting is often
passed down through generational cycles, so I...
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