Separation Anxiety and Disorder
Does My Child Have Separation Anxiety? Separation anxiety is one of those things that sits on a spectrum. At one end it is completely normal, a healthy sign of attachment
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Create a Self-Soothe Box to Enable Calm Down
I believe strongly in empowering parents in my clinic room, and one of the simplest, most effective tools I share is the self-soothe box. Sometimes children need our help finding
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Self-Compassion in Parenting
Bringing up children is tough, and despite endless knowledge available on the web, it can still feel baffling and hard. Parenting brings so many feelings, love, joy, real happiness, and
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3 Ways to Deal with Backchat
Backchat: Why Children Do It and How to Respond Backchat is one of those parenting experiences that can go from zero to infuriating in seconds. The eye roll, the sarcastic
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Ways to Manage Whining in Parenting
Whining: Why Children Do It and How to Stay Calm Whining tends to top most parents’ list of irritating behaviours, and it’s not just toddlers, older children do it too.
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Family Stress, my Top Five Hacks to Manage it!
Do you feel that life sometimes tips into chaos, and however hard you try, calm feels genuinely hard to find? Many parents I see arrive in the room feeling stressed,
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Does my Child have OCD?
Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children OCD is one of those conditions that is both frequently misunderstood and frequently missed. It is not about being tidy or a little bit
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5 Strategies to Teach Your Child Self-Control
Self-control, in a nutshell, is your child’s ability to regulate themselves. A few everyday examples: waiting patiently in a queue, tolerating frustration, holding back an impulse, or planning ahead rather
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Implementing Effective House Rules for your Family
Implementing Effective House Rules for Your Family Do your children know what your house rules actually are? Do you have many, or none at all? Working with hundreds of families
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Does my Child have ADHD?
Does My Child Have ADHD? It is one of the most common reasons parents contact me. Understandably, the internet makes it very easy to search for a diagnosis, and ADHD
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Just Ignore A Very Effective Parenting Tool
Some parents feel that if you ignore your child it is not really an effective strategy. Actually, it can be one of the most powerful tools available. The real challenge
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Externalising: It’s the Behaviour, Not Your Child
Externalising is a simple but powerful technique that many family therapists, myself included, use regularly with children and families. It comes from narrative therapy, developed by Michael White and David
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