I’ll admit it. I have Fall denial. This time of year I want put my head (or toes) in the sand and pretend that summer lasts throughout September, but working with teenagers this becomes impossible. By the last week in August I can feel the change coming, but the change is not the chill I begin to feel when I take my dogs out in the morning. All of sudden my clients’ energy shift in a major way. The chatty ones begin to shut down, the quiet ones start fidgeting, and my sweet t

Hoping to see your child change their behavior? Well, changing the way you think about them can do just that. Crazy, right? Of course we want our teens to become independent individuals who take responsibility for their own actions, but the truth is, our thinking not only impacts the way our children view themselve, but how they behave. I recently read an interesting article by Your Teen magazine, which discussed that if parents expect the worst in their kids, studies have sh

I am SICK of self care. A therapist who doesn’t like self care you might ask? What is UP with that? Well, let me tell you. The notion of self care on it’s own is quite wonderful, but recently I’ve been seeing a change in the way people view self care and it's causing all sorts of problems. You see- the parents I work with feel SO MUCH PRESSURE to engage in self care yet they also feel tremendous GUILT when they do. Know what I mean? Self care has become the new mindfulness, o