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    How Family Therapy Can Help During This Lingering Covid Crisis

    March 28, 2021

    It has been almost a year since the world changed with the Covid-19 virus. After months and months of being locked down, many families are experiencing burnout from being forced to be home together so much. While the vaccines are being rolled out, we are still getting mixed reports and messages from the media as […]

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    How Family Therapy Can Help During This Lingering Covid Crisis

    March 28, 2021

    It has been almost a year since the world changed with the Covid-19 virus. After months and months of being locked down, many families are experiencing burnout from being forced to be home together so much.

    While the vaccines are being rolled out, we are still getting mixed reports and messages from the media as to when life might return to normal. Some schools have opened, but many have not, and parents are still scrambling to figure out how to make a living while homeschooling their children.

    All of this has caused many families to feel fatigued and a real strain on their relationships.

    Family Therapy: Ensuring Your Family’s Health

    Over the past year, many families have taken necessary measures to ensure they remain physically healthy during this time. Making healthy meals (instead of ordering pizza 3 nights a week) and getting the family involved in regular exercise has been a big help. But how can parents ensure they and their children protect their mental health at this time?

    Family therapy offers each member of your family a safe space to discuss any issues they may be having. A trained therapist can guide your family, helping all of you to understand and utilize the healthiest communication strategies. He or she can also help to validate your feelings and offer helpful stress management techniques.

    And, for anyone concerned with the safety of visiting a therapist in person during this time, family therapy can be just as effective when received through telehealth, or online therapy.

    If you and your family are struggling right now and would like to explore treatment options, please get in touch with me. I’d be more than happy to discuss how I may be able to help.

    SOURCES:

    • https://www.healthline.com/health-news/fighting-family-burnout-during-the-covid-19-crisis
    • https://drpatphd.com/how-therapy-can-help-families-be-resilient-during-covid-19/
    • https://psychcentral.com/lib/about-family-therapy#1

    Filed Under: Family Therapy, Parenting, Telehealth

    What is Positive Parenting?

    December 31, 2020

    “Because I said so!!” How many times did your parents say this phrase to you? How often were you spanked as a child? How much yelling was there in your house growing up? It’s safe to say that parenting styles have changed over the years. While spanking may have been deemed okay years ago, most […]

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    What is Positive Parenting?

    December 31, 2020

    “Because I said so!!”

    How many times did your parents say this phrase to you? How often were you spanked as a child? How much yelling was there in your house growing up?

    It’s safe to say that parenting styles have changed over the years. While spanking may have been deemed okay years ago, most parents agree now that hitting a child is not okay, for any reason. Shame and yelling are also, thankfully, out of fashion.

    Many of today’s parents are trying to use positive parenting techniques instead.

    What is Positive Parenting?

    Positive parenting refers to a parenting style that relies on warmth, nurturing, and mindfulness. This type of parenting reinforces good behavior and avoids using harsh forms of discipline.

    Positive parenting has been shown to facilitate numerous favorable outcomes. It has been linked to better grades in school, better behavior, more positive self-concepts, less substance abuse, and better overall mental health.

    Strategies for Positive Parenting

    Positive Parenting has three main components:

    1. Regulate Your Own Emotions

    How often have you had a bad day at work and yelled at your kids when you got home? It is very common for parents, either consciously or unconsciously, to take their bad emotions out on their children.

    To parent positively means you have got to get a hold of your own emotions so you only interact with your child in a kind, loving, and honest manner.

    2. Focus on Strengthening the Parent-Child Connection

    It can be easier said than done, but each interaction with your child must strengthen the connection between you both. When a parent-child connection is strong, the child will feel safe and be able to trust.

    3. Love Your Child Unconditionally

    Many punishment techniques throughout the years rely on a parent “withdrawing” their love. This conditional love can cause great emotional and psychological harm to your child. Instead, focus on being a coach and mentor to your child, offering them loving guidance and reassurance to help them manage their emotions and behaviors.

    It can also be very helpful to get some help from a family therapist who can help guide you in becoming the loving and compassionate parent you want to be.

    If you would like to explore counseling options, please be in touch with me. I’d be happy to discuss how I may be able to help.

     

    SOURCES:

    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creative-development/200905/positive-parenting
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/201807/what-factors-are-associated-positive-parenting
    • https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/index.html
    • https://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/positive-discipline/use-positive-discipline

    Filed Under: Parenting

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