Navigating the Complex Dance of Transition: Parent-Teen Relationships
The journey of transition that both parents and teens experience is a complex one, filled with growth, challenges, and the evolution of relationships.
Managing Stress When Challenged by Your Teen's Behaviour
Adolescence is a period of transition, self-discovery, and testing limits, which can result in conflicts between parents and teens.
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Teens: A Guide for Parents
Setting healthy boundaries is essential for teens to develop a strong sense of self, learn responsibility, and make safe choices.
Understanding Parents Therapy: A Path to Improved Mental Well-being
Parents therapy, also known as parenting therapy or parent counselling, is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on enhancing parenting skills, fostering better parent-child relationships, and managing family-related stressors.
The Last Resort! Kicking a Young Teen Out for Intolerable Behaviour
As a Parent therapist, I have witnessed the pain and desperation that lead parents to take extreme measures of kicking a young teen out for intolerable behaviour. It is a time when emotions run high, conflicts arise, and boundaries are tested.
A Mother's Day Tribute: How to Celebrate the Nurturers in Our Lives
Mother's Day is a special occasion dedicated to celebrating the profound impact that mothers have on our lives.
Celebrating International Women's Day: How Therapy Can Empower Women
On International Women’s Day, it is important to reflect on the challenges women face globally and the strides they have made towards empowerment and equality.
Navigating the Maze of Teen Romance: A Compassionate Guide for Parents
Picture yourself in this scenario, your 14-year-old daughter comes to you and puts her hand on your shoulder. She looks at you sheepishly, eye to eye, and says, Mum! Do not panic, I have a boyfriend.
Nurturing Healthy Parent-Teen Relationships: The Role of Mother and Father
When it comes to nurturing healthy relationships between parents and teens, the role of mother and father are crucial.
Six Healthy Coping Skills for Parents of Teens
Parents, you need a tool kit of coping skills to ensure self-care, when your snuggly child has transformed into an independent, assertive adolescent. Teens
Beyond Presents: Meaningful Ways to Connect with Your Teen this Christmas
It is natural for parents to want to shower their teens with gifts at Christmas, but what matters is connection and shared moments.
Eight Tips for Parents to Communicate Effectively with Their Teens
Effective communication with your teen builds trust and a close relationship with their parents.
How to Heal Co-dependency Between Parents and Teens
Co-dependency is an unhealthy relationship dynamic in which one person relies on another for their emotional needs.
Navigating Anxiety as a Parent: Supporting Your Anxious Teen
Parenting is a challenging journey filled with difficulties, when parent and teen grapples with anxiety it can make the experience more complex.
How Attachment Styles Influence Your Relationship with Your Teen
Attachment styles are patterns of behaviour that develop in infancy and early childhood and influence adulthood.
EIGHT TIPS TO MANAGE YOUR ANGER WITH YOUR TEEN
Parenting teens can feel like an emotional roller coaster when they challenge your authority and trigger strong emotions in you.
Supporting Teens Through Bereavement: A Parent's Guide
Supporting teens through bereavement requires empathy, but can be difficult emotionally for both parent and teen.