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One Parent’s Story A – Part 2: Observing and Learning as a Parent Rather than Worrying
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- 07/06/2017
Joe was beginning to see how his best efforts to help his daughter and family to have happy times together were actually contributing to a lowering of Chloe’s resilience. This is the next instalment in the story of one parent, Joe, as he worked to figure out how he could be a resource to his…
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Sharing a Thought: Treatment can make things worse (3 of 3)
- podcasts
- 28/01/2025
Recent studies have found that several of these programs not only failed to help young people but also made their mental health problems worse. Jenny shares some thoughts about this and links it to the Bowen family system ideas of how focusing on a problem in a person can actually project or amplify that problem….
Sharing a Thought: Always more than genetics and brain wiring (2 of 3)
- podcasts
- 21/01/2025
Jenny reflects on parents’ questions about why they would need to be involved in addressing a child’s symptoms if it is from the child’s genetics or brain wiring. Even when genetics plays a part, the research points to the important influence of the child’s environment. Parents can impact the environment in many growth-enhancing ways –…
Sharing a Thought: The problem is not the problem (1 of 3)
- podcasts
- 15/01/2025
Jenny shares some thoughts on how the way we respond to a concern is more impactful than just focusing on the content of the issue. We can research problems such as sleep or screen time issues, but all this information can add to a parent’s intensity—considering the effects of our responses on our children is…