An Integral Part of Child Therapy: Caregiver Coaching
Caregiver coaching is an essential part of the process of therapy for kids. It goes hand in hand with play therapy. Research demonstrates that children will experience the most healing and growth if caregivers are involved in their therapy. In play therapy, the...
More Than Talking: Experiencing Emotion in Therapy with AEDP
I was sitting outside with a friend last week, soaking in the glorious Charleston fall weather, when they began sharing a recent experience. They described being caught off guard by a wave of deep emotions—mostly grief—about events from the past year. They said, “I’m...
Setting Boundaries
Have you ever found yourself resenting your friend? You said “yes” to going out only to have the time feel soured because you don’t really want to be there, but you just couldn’t say “no” because you felt too much pressure. Maybe there have been emotional wounds in...
Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety can be incredibly disruptive to our lives. Disrupting sleep, relationships, work, academics, and everything in between — it can leave you feeling so frustrated and helpless. This is so common and normal. Anxiety is often telling us something. Anxiety could be...