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How to be vulnerable with your teen

How To Provide Unshakeable Support: Parent Guidance Playbook – Kyle’s Story

“The long-term goal of communicating with his dad…is actually going to be more therapeutic in the long run and helps him get over the short term anxiety…” Dr. James Mazza is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington College of Education. As a researcher and practitioner, he is focused on adolescent mental health issues, particularly internalizing disorders such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, exposure to violence and especially suicidal behavior. He helped develop a social emotional regulation curriculum, called Skills Training for Emotional Problem-Solving for Adolescents (STEPS-A). interested in the impact of cyberbullying (social media) and exposure to community violence to PTSD, depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior. His current work also looks at the impact of cyberbullying, exposure to community violence, depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior. Dr. Mazza earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

How to be vulnerable with your teen

How To Be Vulnerable With Your Teen: Parent Guidance Playbook – Kyle’s Story

“I need to ask you something and I want you to know that whatever the answer is, I love you…” Persistent bullying becomes a waking nightmare for 16-year-old Kyle, whose struggles with negative thinking take center stage when it seems like everyone at school is against him. Feeling trapped and alone, Kyle turns to alcohol to suppress the self-critical voice that echoes in his head. Kyle hides the bullying and the alcoholism from his father Mario, who he believes could never understand what he’s going through. Sensing that something is wrong, Mario shares about his own struggle with PTSD after serving in the military and helps Kyle get comfortable communicating his feelings. Alcohol doesn’t numb the pain forever, but when his negative thoughts become overpowering again, Kyle finds that opening up about his struggle with people who care about him is a more powerful remedy than drinking could ever be.

One question that can help save lives - parent guidance playbook

One Question That Can Help Save Lives: Parent Guidance Playbook – Kyle’s Story

“I need to ask you something and I want you to know that whatever the answer is, I love you…” Persistent bullying becomes a waking nightmare for 16-year-old Kyle, whose struggles with negative thinking take center stage when it seems like everyone at school is against him. Feeling trapped and alone, Kyle turns to alcohol to suppress the self-critical voice that echoes in his head. Kyle hides the bullying and the alcoholism from his father Mario, who he believes could never understand what he’s going through. Sensing that something is wrong, Mario shares about his own struggle with PTSD after serving in the military and helps Kyle get comfortable communicating his feelings. Alcohol doesn’t numb the pain forever, but when his negative thoughts become overpowering again, Kyle finds that opening up about his struggle with people who care about him is a more powerful remedy than drinking could ever be.

Helping Your Child When They’re Bullied

Bullying is a pervasive issue that Dr. Melissa Lopez-Larson has seen growing exponentially over the past several years. In this course, Dr. Lopez-Larson discusses how to identify bullying, treatment options, strategies for prevention, and more.

Topics include: What bullying is and isn’t, Who bullies and who gets bullied, Stopping the bullying cycle, Bullying in social media, Bullying in school, and Bullying in sports.

Understanding Your Child’s Emotional Development: 5-10 Years of Age

In this first of a four course series, Dr. Skinner teaches the common issues children between the ages of 5-10 face that can either negatively or positively impact their identity.

When we know what to expect, we are prepared and can predict what a child will go through, being more available to help them, should they need it.

This is the first of four courses. Additional courses in this series address ages 11-13, 14-18 and 19+.

How to Respond When Your Child Says They’re Struggling with Pornography

As parents, it can be difficult to know how to respond when your child expresses they’re concerned with their pornography use.

In this short course, Dr. DeVon Mills, shares practical and real life examples of what not say to your child when they express concerns, based off of his experience, research and working with clients.

Protecting Our Children by Staying Aware and Involved

Knowing how to protect our children from technology moves so fast and is very difficult to manage. And, oftentimes, the way we react as parents can make issues worse. In this course, Dr. Kevin Skinner educates on parenting pitfalls and offers practical solutions to effectively managing technology use.

In this course, Dr. Skinner teaches

  • Guiding Principles of Effective Parenting
  • Educate About the Truth of Our Devices
  • Device Awareness
  • Avoid Being Blindsided
  • Expecting Challenges
  • Disciplined Parenting

De-Escalating Cycles of Conflict

This course will help you:

  • Identify relational conflicts that are repetitive
  • gain awareness and understanding of your inner parts that become triggered
  • learn the unique skill of speaking FOR your parts, rather than FROM them, that is a powerful tool to de-escalate conflict and enhance real relational intimacy.

Join Jenna as she illustrates these principles with a humorous example from her life!

How To Help Your Loved One Change

In this course, Jon Taylor (LCSW, CSAT) walks individuals through how to move their loved one toward treatment, reduce their loved one’s addictive behavior whether or not they have engaged in treatment, and improve their own lifestyle.

Unlock Your Inner Parent Superhero

In this course, Jenna Riemersma, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Level III Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist, EMDR therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CSAT-S), Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist Supervisor (CMAT-S), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC), helps us step into our most wise, most heroic parent selves by going inward and exploring the parts of is that come up around the challenges we are facing.