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Trick or Treat: Tips for Parents When Kids Have You Beat 

Happy All Hallows Eve! Tomorrow night we will be donning our best costumes, kids will be knocking down doors to fill their bags full of candy, and tales of ghouls and goblins will be shared as we celebrate Halloween! In honor of this frightfully fun night, I want to share a few tricks and treats […]

Battling the Back to School Blues 

August is approaching and you know what that means: back to school. As a kid this was always a dreadful time of the year for me. The thought of my precious summer break coming to a screeching halt was heartbreaking. I hated trading in my pool toys and flip-flops for schoolbooks and crayons. The stress […]

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby 

[Cue the infamous Salt-N- Pepa song] While the majority of my current clients are adults, in my early years as a therapist I worked primarily with children and teens.  More times than I can recall I was asked about whether or not parents should try to limit their child’s exposure to sexual material.  “Should I […]

What is EMDR? 

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy approach that was developed in 1989. EMDR is an evidence based practice that was originally used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. EMDR is not a hypnosis therapy and in fact, it is vital that while using EMDR therapy, the client is able to stay present. […]

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