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There’s a crisp excitement in the air at the start of a new year.  Maybe it’s our learned way of grieving the close of the holiday season; we box up our ornaments and lights, place the ugly sweaters back in the dark corner of the guest bedroom, and often feel as if we’ve lost a […]

I entered the counseling world around the same time that old-school mental health phrases like “self-care,” “boundaries,” and “toxic relationships” were beginning to become available for widespread use in an almost trendy fashion.  Phrases only once heard from psychology professors or your personal therapist were suddenly plastered across Instagram and used widely by celebrities and […]

If there’s a teen in your home, odds are overwhelming that there have been parent-teen disagreements, perhaps even hot and heavy fights. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Parents and their teens disagreeing is a normal part of the developmental process. Young children easily accept the black and white rules we create for […]