Traverse Counseling & Consulting therapists discuss how to lead your children in creating a healthy relationship with technology, even during COVID! This webinar will help parents identify strategies for leading their children in creating healthy tech use family rules and guidelines.
Staying Connected in a Time of Social Distancing
A film of social awkwardness has appeared in our interactions with others, literally and figuratively shielding us by plexiglass. Our livelihood in the COVID era depends on us physically distancing from one another, but our ongoing relational needs depend on us being closely connected. Balancing physical and relational boundaries in an ordinary world takes understanding […]
What is Healthy Tech use during COVID 19
By Callie Albaugh, MA, LAMFT & Mathew Meyers, MA, LMFT In a time of quarantining in our homes with limited access to the world outside, it can be a slippery slope into unhealthy habits and routines. For many, this is a time that we easily sink into extended technology use – either as a means […]
Reflections on Summer
As I look back at the summer and evaluate my summer bucket list, I reflected on some of the more meaningful experiences. My family spent a week camping. Both my wife and I grew up camping and were provided this experience by our parents. However, we (mostly me) were reluctant to venture into the […]
How Do I Tell My Kids They Matter?
As a therapist who has worked with many families, I have frequently heard parents say, ‘we love our kids unconditionally’. This sense that a young person is cared about just because they are part of family is so important. They don’t have to do anything to earn love from parents. All they need to do […]