Building Confidence, Emotional Regulation, and Resilience in Austin Children The family unit teaches a child how to be human, messes and successes alike. As a child, teen, and family therapist, many parents in Austin tell me they want to support their child’s confidence and emotional resilience but are not always sure what to say in hard moments. The words children hear at home shape how their brains respond to stress, mistakes, and relationships so, over time, repeated exper

I recently had the privilege of presenting to parents during a local high school’s Suicide Prevention Week. It felt really special to be...

Sometimes the simplest tools can be the most powerful for connecting with our kids. Mancala, one of the oldest board games in the world,...

I've been trained to listen for the loud, shrill call of cicadas once summer hits each year in Texas. It’s how I know the ground has...