Managing Their Emotions

My Child My Family’s first service is to help kids manage their emotions begins by validating those emotions and providing an environment in which they feel safe to express them. As several studies have shown, kids who feel safe are more likely to develop and use appropriate emotion regulation skills to deal with difficult feelings.

Emotion regulation is not just about expressing emotions in a socially appropriate manner. It is a three-phase process that involves teaching children to identify emotions, helping them identify what triggers those emotions, and teaching them to manage those emotions by themselves. When we teach kids that their emotions are valid, we help them view what they feel as normal and manageable.

Understanding Difficult Behaviors

Trauma is not well understood by society which leads to miscommunication, misunderstandings, and sometimes further trauma. Many of these same people believe that trauma does not have to define or continue to affect you. While this is a positive and sometimes balanced view, trauma is something that leaves many fingerprints that cannot be so easily erased.

Many people assume that trauma is a bad experience that can be overcome with the “right combination” of things (i.e., social support system, medication or illegal use of drugs or alcohol, overindulgence in pleasurable activities or work, months or years of therapy, denial, avoidance, etc). But the reality is that trauma is way more complicated than we care to admit and sometimes more complicated to treat than we think.

Providing Parenting Strategies and Support

When it comes to family life, everyone strives to figure out how the relationship between parents and children can become ideal. Positive parenting techniques work well for raising children with discipline and good moral values, and are every parents’ dream. However, it is not an easy feat. And it is important to know that the parent child relationship is a two-way street, in other words, it is actually a partnership between a parent and their child.

Sleeping Difficulties

Many of us experience trouble sleeping at one time or another. Usually it’s due to stress, travel, illness, or other temporary interruptions to your normal routine. But if sleep problems are a regular occurrence and interfere with your daily life, you may be suffering from a sleep disorder. Frequently having trouble sleeping can be a frustrating and debilitating experience. You sleep badly at night, which leaves you feeling dead-tired in the morning and whatever energy you have quickly drains throughout the day.

Autism, ADHD, and other forms of Neurodivergence

There is as much diversity in human brains as there is diversity in the way humans look, and this is a good thing! Neurodiversity is as beneficial to society as biodiversity is to a rainforest. Unfortunately, people with less common brain types can face greater challenges in our world than people with the most common brain type (neurotypical brains). Our therapists work with clients with many different neurotypes, including autistic and ADHD clients, to help them create lives that work for them.

Other Things That Impact On Your Daily Life Such As Anxiety & Depression

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterized by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things. People with GAD may anticipate disaster and may be overly concerned about money, health, family, work, or other issues. Individuals with GAD find it difficult to control their worry.

Trauma

Trauma is not well understood by society which leads to miscommunication, misunderstandings, and sometimes further trauma. Many of these same people believe that trauma does not have to define or continue to affect you. While this is a positive and sometimes balanced view, trauma is something that leaves many fingerprints that cannot be so easily erased.

Many people assume that trauma is a bad experience that can be overcome with the “right combination” of things (i.e., social support system, medication or illegal use of drugs or alcohol, overindulgence in pleasurable activities or work, months or years of therapy, denial, avoidance, etc). But the reality is that trauma is way more complicated than we care to admit and sometimes more complicated to treat than we think.

Parental Separation

Emotional and behavioral problems in children are more common when their parents are fighting or separating. Children can become very insecure. Insecurity can cause children to behave like they are much younger and therefore bed wetting, ‘clinginess’, nightmares, worries or disobedience can all occur. This behavior often happens before or after visits to the parent who is living apart from the family.

These feelings are often made worse by the fact that many children have to move home and sometimes school when parents separate, and most families in this situation come under some financial strain, even if they did not have money worries before. Even if the parental relationship had been very tense or violent, children may still have mixed feelings about the separation. Many children hold onto a wish that their parents may get back together.