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Six Ways to Help Your Perfectionist Child Find Balance
April 01, 2014
[View original article published in Psych Central here] Four-year -old Max would crumple his paper when his drawing wasn’t perfect. He would start over, and often grow angry and eventually give up. His parents noticed…
Five Telltale Signs Your Child is a Budding Perfectionist
March 28, 2014
[View original article published in Psych Central here] I once met a young man who had had many successes in his youth. He was intelligent and outgoing. He had always been the star in high…
A 3-piece puzzle to fostering life skills
March 06, 2014
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here] If you were to compile a list of life skills you believe your children need to succeed in their lives, what would they be? Vision, confidence…
OCD Metaphors to Reduce Reassurance Seeking
February 16, 2014
Rick was eighteen when he came in for his first session. His main goal was to learn ways to get rid of his “bad” thoughts and the anxiety and guilt that accompanied those obsessions. “They…
How to make your parenting vision a reality
January 26, 2014
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here.] “A company without a vision cannot succeed. And a vision without a plan is the recipe for failure.” — Kevin Harrington, ABC’s “Shark Tank” judge Our…
Passionate parenting begins with a vision
January 16, 2014
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here.] Imagine for a moment that when you were recently taking down your Christmas tree, you found one last present. It was hidden behind the tree. Your…
Mindfulness: Teaching Children to Love Their Bodies Through Yoga
January 06, 2014
By Laura Harper, CSW If you have ever watched a four-month old reach for her toes or stretch on her belly, or a three-year old running across the grass and falling in ecstatic giggling, or…
How to bring your children joy
December 14, 2013
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here] Giving — “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” -Mark Twain I have a friend whose parents took…
How to help your anxious child be more assertive
November 30, 2013
[Published by MomClick Utah and The Daily Herald here] The other day, I heard a grandfather talk about a phone call he received from his daughter. She told him how his elementary school grandson had…
Anxiety: Why Humans Experience Anxiety
November 15, 2013
Below is a funny little video I found about Mindfulness. When I show it to my clients, they just smile because they know the “science guy” is talking about them. Some of us think and…
Be yourself!
November 04, 2013
I love this quote. I found it recently by reading Brené Brown’s “The Gift of Imperfection.” She quotes E.E. Cummings and she talks about the need to be authentic and how we need to embrace…
CBT Trumps Antipsychotic for Augmentation, Amending Current Guidelines
October 31, 2013
An Update from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health): Exposure / Ritual Prevention Therapy Boosts Antidepressant Treatment of OCD This is another study that confirms Exposure and Ritual Prevention (a specific form of cognitive…
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