Emotions are central to most, if not all, mental health concerns, and this is particularly true in the case of disordered eating and eating disorders. Disordered eating behaviours often serve to ...

Parents today are so terrified of invalidating their kids that they often swing like a pendulum in the opposite direction, training their kids that their emotions should be the center of the universe.

As a licensed professional counselor and play therapist working with children ages 3-10, my work focuses on supporting children and families through trauma, adjustment, family issues and ...

We live in a world that's obsessed with appearances. Scroll through social media for five minutes and you'll see endless ...

If your responses in a disagreement with your partner aren’t aiding resolution, they’re often subtly increasing tension.

When toddlers melt down and teens snap back, it’s natural for us to have emotions. Some parents feel overwhelmed or out of control. Others try to push their emotions away. Emotions, after all, can be ...

Validating someone’s emotions means acknowledging them. You are not agreeing or disagreeing with the feelings; you are demonstrating that you hear the other person. You likely have noticed that logic ...

Do you know that children have physical needs? Of course you do! Virtually all parents, and all people, for that matter, understand that children must be fed, clothed, kept warm and sheltered, rested, ...