Managing my Child’s Anger
5 Therapy Tips for Parents Anger is a natural emotion that everyone experiences, including teenagers and children. It can be particularly challenging for parents to witness their child’s anger and not know how to help them effectively manage it. However, by understanding the underlying causes of anger and employing appropriate strategies, parents can play a […]
Embracing Pronouns
Parenting Tips on Supporting Your Child’s Identity Journey A parent’s greatest responsibility is to provide love, acceptance, and support to a child as they navigate their unique identities. One aspect of identity that has gained increasing recognition and significance in recent years is the use of pronouns. Pronouns such as he, she, they or ze, […]
Alcoholism in the Family:
Therapy Tips on Explaining Alcoholismto a Child Alcoholism is a devastating and destructive disease for any family. When a member of the family is dealing with alcoholism, the entire family suffers. The secrecy and deception surrounding alcoholism often breaks trust, perpetuates destructive behavior and can ultimately tear families apart. At Decade2Connect, our Family Therapy services […]
My Child is Isolating
Parenting Tips to Support Your Child’s Well-Being In today’s ever-changing world, isolation has become a familiar experience for many children. Whether due to the global pandemic, relocation or the overexposure to a world behind screens, the feeling of being cut off from peers and normal social interactions can take a toll on a child’s emotional […]
Supporting Your Child Through Self Harm:
Therapy Tips for Parents It’s painful for a parent to watch their child in pain. Feelings of hopelessness and frustration are common when you see them hurting and can’t magically make the pain disappear, an inevitable reality in every parent’s journey. And these feelings only intensify when you learn your child is engaging in self-harm. […]
Sleep Health
Therapy Tips on Supporting Your Child’s Sleep The average human spends a third of their life sleeping. From birth, sleep is a central component to development, a time the body spends developing and growing. And we’ve all experienced the deficit a lack of sleep can bring. Developing consistent habits for getting enough sleep is crucial […]
The Reality of School Shootings:
Therapy Tips on Addressing this Topic with your Child The number of school shootings in America this year alone is at a staggering high. With every news headline announcing yet another school shooting, the pit in our stomach grows as anxiety only raises in parents – rightfully so. And the terrifying question is inevitable: what […]
What is EFFT?
Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and how it can support your family At Decade2Connect, we lead our families towards connection through a form of therapy known as Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). We have seen this approach not only bring healing to the child but the family unit as a whole. So what is EFFT? […]
Neurodiversity
Therapy Tips: What it is and How to Support your Neurodivergent Child As values surrounding diversity, equality and inclusion move to the forefront of our cultural conversations, the concept of neurodiversity has gained popularity. Treating everyone who differs from one’s self with respect to their fundamental human equality and including (not just tolerating) their differences […]
Therapy Tips: Supporting My Child’s Sexuality
Human beings have always had wide diversity in gender identity and sexuality. Today, questioning one’s gender identity and sexuality is becoming more open, more common and more accepted. It’s important for adolescents who may be questioning their identity to feel safe and accepted as they search for answers to their questions. Questions that go unasked, […]