Traverse Counseling & Consulting
Therapy and Consulting
Accommodation: Parents Avoidance Trap Anxiety is a prevalent topic in media and professional training spaces today. It’s also a fundamental part of how our nervous system is wired. In my work with teens, I often hear them say, “I just want anxiety to go away.” My response is usually, “I haven’t figured out how to […]
Filed Under: Anxiety, Parenting Tagged With: Anxiety, Child Anxiety, Parental Leadership, Teen Anxiety
A Pathway Towards Connection in a Polarized World: Exploring the Roles We Can Play in Division (Part 3) By: Alexis Wood This is the third and final part of our series exploring pathways toward connection in a polarized world. As we get closer and closer to the Presidential election this fall, we are bombarded with […]
Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Polarization
If you are not an educator, you like me, do not have much of a template for parenting/teaching children how to be responsible digital citizens. Note that these skills are higher level executive functioning skills. They require practice, intentionality, and development. By that I mean, as young people age and their prefrontal cortex continues to […]
Filed Under: Parenting, Technology Tagged With: Anxiety, Digital Skills, Technology
Leading children THROUGH their anxiety to overcome it. When kids are distressed, refusing to go to school, nervous, anxious, and everything in between, it is heartbreaking and frustrating (insert all the emotions here) for parents. Seeing your kid cry and shake because they are distressed and don’t want to go to school (insert distress you […]
Play is a breeding ground for learning and connection, and it offers an unmatched exuberance and joy that isn’t found in other activities. It is one of those things that “you know when you see it” and can often be hard to describe. Play is not just for children but for families, individuals, couples, friendships, […]
