Failure to Launch: 5 Early Warning Signs Parents Shouldn’t Ignore
Many parents think of "failure to launch" as a problem that appears after high school or college. They picture a young adult sleeping until noon, spending most of the day…
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The Missing Ingredient In Every Goal You’ve Abandoned: Discomfort Tolerance
We live in a world built to eliminate discomfort. Hunger, boredom, uncertainty, even mild inconvenience can be erased with a few taps on a screen. I recently read devoured Michael…
4 Lessons From The Playing Field From A Lafayette Therapist
As child and family therapists based in Berkeley and Lafayette, CA — and as parents, coaches, and longtime baseball fans — we see how youth sports offer powerful opportunities for…
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Boundaries In College and Beyond: 4 Types To Implement And How To Do It
College can be a time of immense growth, independence, and new experiences. However, it also presents new and unique challenges that can make it difficult to find a healthy balance…
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How To Get The Most Out Of Therapy
Can you be really "good" at therapy? What are the qualities of the clients who get the most out of sessions? We posed these questions to our team of therapists…
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Perfectionism Is Not Functional. Tame It Here.
Do you or a loved one identify as a perfectionist? One of the many unwritten blog posts I have is called "Self-Compassion Through Typos." This is a topic after my…
Communicating Through Tense Conversations, Part 1
By: Emmy Spencer, AMFT “Rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.” -Brené Brown Communication is the most essential way we navigate our lives. We…
Go Find Your Wise Mind If It’s Gone Missing
As a tennis player, I occasionally mis-hit a ball on the frame instead of the strings, which is known as a “shank;" the player therefore known among my friends as…