It’s that time of year again, with the summer coming to an end and fall beginning to emerge. It is a natural progression. With the start of school and a new season, it is often time for individuals, children, and families to start something new or hit the reset button on a previous routine. Starting […]
Uncharted Territory; Positive Strategies for Parenting in the Digital World
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 […]
Strategies for Leading children into a Healthy Relationship with Technology – Video Presentation
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.
Talking to Our Kids About America
I come to this piece recognizing that my audience is racially diverse, and that I am a privileged white woman. My learning and education of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) will be ongoing, and I understand that the privilege I hold makes it be that I will never fully understand, and I open the opportunity for others to continue […]
Launching Into Adulthood; Why Some Young People Get Stuck
In our clinical practice, we are seeing an increase in the number of young people often resisting the natural life transition to move from adolescence into young adulthood. Up until this point in their lives, most of these young people have stepped up and passed all of life’s usual challenges with flying colors. Yet suddenly, […]