Matt Canale, LPC and Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, specializes in helping children regulate through and understand their anger. I've ask him to highlight some strategies for parents to help their kiddos who are struggling with anger to connect, redirect and be authentic with their responses....
"Co-regulation"—it’s the process of helping your child borrow your nervous system to move from dysregulation to regulation. While the concept seems simple, it can be challenging when your child’s emotions or behaviors trigger strong feelings in you. One way to make co-regulation easier is to...
Rest assured: parent favoritism is actually really common, and developmentally normal. Preferring one parent over another doesn't always mean they love that parent more than the other or that one parent is "better" than the other. It often means that a particular parent is what...
To say that we are in the midst of challenging times as a country and world might be the understatement of the year…or the last several years. Even if we may not feel impacted by a specific event or circumstance personally, challenges we face as...