This blog serves as a summary of the last two blogs on how parents can self-assess their parenting needs as they transition out of the pandemic, and ways that they can attempt to recover from the demands of the past year and a half. By offering a sample Parent Development Plan that parents can complete and execute on their ...READ MORE »
This blog follows last week’s 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 parents during ...READ MORE »
I’m writing today about a topic that has come up in most of my sessions with parents over the past 30 days. Parents and kids are excited about summer. Families have travel plans booked. Some kids are headed off to camps. Parents are anticipating more normal work routines and benefitting from their social lives returning. Yet most parents I ...READ MORE »
I’m writing to offer simple information about different types of anxiety that could emerge as you and your loved ones transition from COVID life and begin to re-enter more “normal” expectations for daily living. As a family therapist in Washington DC, I often help parents support their children in coping with anxiety as a roadblock toward their goals or happiness. ...READ MORE »
As we begin to get vaccinated and anticipate returning to routines next fall, many parents are already angsting about how they will help their children break habits that have formed during COVID and be ready for returning to a busier routine. During my walks with other mom friends, we are already stressing over how to wean our kids off ...READ MORE »
With Valentine’s Day just behind us, many of us are more aware of our romantic relationships in February. And yet, the pandemic has truly upended our connections with our lovers and partners in strange and interesting ways. Esther Perel, famous psychoanalyst and couples therapist in New York City, has discussed the many ways that couples have been impacted by ...READ MORE »
We all want more, Better, BIGGER LOVE, right? The question of the month is this–How do we get that? Yet, when it comes to Feeling More AND Loving More deeply, the better question is this–how can I give (to both myself and my partner) in order to feel more love and loving? Self love is not selfish–It is a ...READ MORE »
I’m writing this month about LOVE! In my last blog, I offered a specific dialogue process to help couples with creating erotic and connecting moments with your partner. In these next two posts, I want to share some tools that you can use to prepare yourself and your relationship to maximize this dialogue process. Humans don’t really function like ...READ MORE »
I don’t know about you, but 2021 has brought hope and the realization that this has been a long long haul so far. I’m not someone who tires easily or gets discouraged quickly. And 10 months into this pandemic, I now feel it more than ever. While January 2021 brought hope as many started the vaccine process, it also ...READ MORE »
I’m writing this blog tonight in the hopes of helping all of us have more positive productive conversations about COVID with each other. I’m a therapist in Washington DC, and I help families and couples have difficult conversations on a daily basis. I’ve been thinking about the content of this post for the past 6 months. I’m trained to observe, ...READ MORE »
