I’m sure I’m dating myself with this reference to Alanis Morisette’s landmark album, Jagged Little Pill, but I’ve been channeling my inner agro-girl as I get my kids settled back into the school year. I realize this image doesn’t appear the least bit motherly or even polished and professional for a 50-something Family Therapist in Washington DC. Yet, ...READ MORE »
childrena In the last blog, I shared information about The Parenting Pathway, which is my conceptualization of the parenting trek for parents of atypical kids. In my practice with children and parents in the past 25 years, I’ve been struck by how many parents discover so much about themselves as they are parenting and trying to help their children through their ...READ MORE »
In a prior post, The Parenting “Aha,” I share about two authors who write about parenting. The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle and The Road Home by Dr. Brad M Reedy, Phd, and The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting by Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Both of these books highlight how parenting is more than a task; ...READ MORE »
This blog post is a followup to last week’s post on THE Parenting “AHA.” It outlines Galinsky’s Stages of Parent Development (plus two of my own suggestions) and aligns it with Erickson’s Stage Theory of Child Development. Why is this important to side-by-side? Because we grow as parents alongside our children as they grow. When we are thoughtful about ...READ MORE »
There’s a movie clip that we joke about in our family about the ups and downs of parenting. Watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2A5j2NjMw For me, this scene reminds me about the hard-earned rewards of parenting “AHA moments.” They don’t come easy, they aren’t always completely recognizable or blissful, and they often are enshrouded by many other feelings and complications. YET, ...READ MORE »
This post follows last week’s post about How to Give Yourself A Parent Check-UP. It offers you a way to take what you assessed last time and put it into a plan of action for growth. First, let’s consider the questions from your check-up. There were A LOT, I know. Let’s condense that information into a summary for you ...READ MORE »
This blog follows up on an earlier post on Pandemic Hangovers for Parents. It offers a checklist for a PARENT CHECK-UP that parents can use to assess their needs and form better plans for themselves as they emerge from pandemic restrictions. Recently, I was meeting with a school counselor who supported hundreds of kids and almost twice that many ...READ MORE »
In this blog post, I want to talk about the experience of being a parent who is taking their child to therapy and trying to track if their child is getting better or not. While I’m a child/teen therapist of 25 years and work mostly with parents currently, I’m also a mom of three kids. I’m a current and past ...READ MORE »
So here we are. After 4 posts about contemporary sexual practices and expectations for our teens, we are ready to talk about how to promote positive sexual health with your teen. From my research, I believe that the sex positivity movement from the 1990’s lends us a hand in this goal. Sex Positivity: What it Means and How ...READ MORE »
This blog post is the 4th in a five part series on healthy sexuality for children and teens. Last post, we boosted parents up to tackle conversations with their daughters about sexual health. In this post, we want to add boys to the mix. First, let’s think about a framework for helping boys view themselves as developing young men (assuming ...READ MORE »
TSG is aware of the high level of need for mental health support and treatment for the families in our community and beyond, and an increasingly short supply of available therapists. We are excited to offer new services with immediate daytime availability: Mental Health Consultations. These appointments are a one-time or brief preventive and/or supportive service for individuals and families who are not engaged in therapy at TSG, yet could benefit from consulting with a mental health expert in a variety of ways. Email intake@thesibleygroupdc.com for more information or to schedule a consultation.
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