Thoughts From a Therapist
Parenting & Family
The roles of parenting, adolescence, co-parenting, and the family as a system that shapes everyone in it.
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The Four Roles of Parenting
Parenting changes as children grow. Explore management, teaching, mentorship, and nurturance without confusing autonomy with the absence of care.
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Why Don’t People Listen to Me?
Why don’t people listen? Communication often fails when we name what we dislike or make ambiguous requests without defining what we want instead.
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How Parenting Made Me More Controlling
Control can be an adaptation to anxiety, responsibility, and parenthood – and eventually the thing that perpetuates it. A therapist on letting go of…
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When Politics Isn’t Really About Politics: Curiosity, Culture, and the Operating Systems We Share
Most political arguments inside families aren’t really about politics. They’re a way of asking whether our value systems still overlap. A look at culture…
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Co-Parenting with an Emotionally Immature Parent | Staying Oriented Within Unstable Relationships
Co-parenting with an emotionally immature parent often becomes less about collaboration and more about managing instability. When one parent struggles to hold responsibility or…
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The Necessity of Adversity
Expanding Our Capacity to Navigate Everyday Stress When we think about stress tolerance, it is easy to imagine it as something we either possess…
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Double Binds in Co-Parenting After Divorce
The parenting plan is essential post-divorce, as it navigates the emotional conflicts partners face regarding time with their child. It provides a pre-negotiated structure,…
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Five Core Tasks of Adolescent Development
The guide highlights adolescent development’s complexities, emphasizing five core capacities: Regulation, Identity, Foresight, Relationship, and Agency. Adults play a crucial role by modeling behaviors…
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Adversity and Advocacy: When Suffering Stops Building Strength
The piece discusses the balance between teaching patience and empowerment in the face of adversity. While challenges can foster growth, excessive or nonsensical adversity…
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Codependence and the Quiet Agreement Not to Grow
The content explores how comfort can create a codependent environment that stifles personal growth. It highlights that prioritizing stability often leads to enabling behaviors,…
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