How to Stop Overreacting in a Relationship
Relationships are hard, especially when you're a teenager. As a parent, it’s easy to forget that growing up…
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Emotional Regulation
Teaching your daughter to successfully regulate her emotions can help her overcome myriad behavioral health struggles. Learn more about the skills your daughter can learn to regulate her emotions.
Mental Health Crisis Plan
If you have a teenager, you have seen them go through significant changes in friends, interests, and…
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Crisis De Escalation
Helping run a treatment program for adolescent girls, I've had many opportunities to intervene, and de-escalate crisis…
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Is My Teen At Risk For Violence?
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School this week, many parents are asking…
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Willpower Exercises for Struggling Teens
We all experience lapses in self control. For a teenager who is struggling with other emotional issues,…
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Managing Anger as a Parent
A particularly toxic issue for many parents dealing with a difficult teen is that of unresolved anger…
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Emotional Dysregulation and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Many young people who suffer from disorders such as borderline personality disorder or intense depression have great…
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