by Caitlyn Nyhuis | published Jun 24, 2024 | Anxiety, Children, Families
*spoilers within the article* I saw Inside Out 2 last night and as a children’s therapist it was incredible! As someone who has also gone through puberty and can look back at my own experience I have never felt more seen. The addition of the new emotions and the...
by Caitlyn Nyhuis | published Nov 14, 2023 | Children, Communication, Families, Mindfulness, Parenting
It’s fall time and we are all getting back into the swing of things. Children are back in school, we get busy with fall sports, extracurricular activities, and work schedules can feel overwhelming and hectic. When our children are tired and more exposed to social...
by Kahlin Kelly | published Jul 26, 2023 | Anxiety, Children, Depression, Mental Health, Parenting
What is adolescence? The period of growth and development between childhood and adulthood that occurs between ages 13 and 19, although both the physical and psychological changes that take place often start even earlier, between ages 9 and 12. Adolescence can be a...
by Sally Verstraete | published Nov 28, 2022 | Children, Families, Parenting
November is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM). But for adoptees, it’s become National Adoptee Awareness Month. The name change by adoptees is part of their efforts to have a voice in discussions about adoption, rather than having parents and adoption agencies...
by Dave Thornsen, PsyD | published May 10, 2020 | Children, Families, Parenting
Sometimes we think that a big part of what happens in therapy involves criticizing the mother of the patient. Actually as a profession, therapists probably have a greater sense of the importance of mothers than almost any other group. D.W. Winnicott helped us...
by Cynthia Pollet | published Apr 1, 2020 | Children, Communication, Couples, Families
Getting Along with One Another during a Quarantine I must admit, as much as I advise people against dwelling on the “What if…” questions that tend to drag us down, I have fallen prey to such thoughts in the midst of our ever-changing world. Staying in the present,...
by Ellen Fix | published Jan 30, 2020 | Children, Communication, Parenting
On December 31, 2000, my 12-year-old yelled, “you and dad are soooo ill prepared to raise kids in the new millennium”. She was right; although she did not appreciate our laughter at the topic. These “Rules of Engagement” work as well today as they did twenty years...
by Dave Thornsen, PsyD | published Dec 13, 2019 | Children, Families, Parenting
Twenty years ago, or so, when I was in graduate school, I thought it would be a great idea to take my two young sons Christmas shopping for their mom. They were probably 5 and 3. I loaded the Graco Duo stroller into the car and we headed for the mall. I had managed to...
by Katie Kilmartin | published Nov 19, 2018 | Children, Communication, Families, Parenting
Divorce and/or separation is one of the most challenging things for families to navigate as life for everyone drastically changes. Its important that no matter the circumstances surrounding the divorce or separation, that we keep in mind what children are going...
