Parenting
‘Tis the season to be…..jolly?
By: Kate Ketchum, MA, LPCC It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And also the most stressful… overwhelming… busy… and chaotic. From end of the semester to do’s to traveling, to finals, to extracurricular activities, to family, etc. the holidays are not always what we expect or hope they will be. Although we imagine…
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Taking Care of the Caretakers
By Ashley Jara, MA, LPC Parents, teachers, school counselors or anyone else who guides, mentors and cares for teens –we all know how difficult and exhausting the end of the school year can be! Are you a parent? Teacher? Or a primary provider of any support to teenagers or school age kids? If so, summer…
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How to Talk to Your Teenage Daughter about Healthy Body Image
Talking about body image with a teenage girl can sometimes feel like navigating a minefield. How do you bring up the topic of body image without making your daughter feel like maybe there is something she should be self-conscious about? Or worse– confirming that the thing that she’s already self-conscious about is actually true! Unless…
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Praise and Perfectionism
When I was just starting out as a teacher, I used praise pretty liberally with my students. If I thought a student had done really well on a paper they turned in, I’d give them a high five and say, “You are so smart!” It seems pretty innocuous, but praising teens for intelligence rather than…
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Want to help teens be more resilient? Teach them to get comfortable with their emotions.
Do you know any parents who like to say, “just get over it!”? I often hear parents complain that their teen is too emotional or too fragile. They come to me worried that their daughter isn’t being tough enough or that their son doesn’t stand up for himself the way he should. Having worked in…
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