How parents can destroy the effectiveness of consequences?
Why is it that two set of parents can apply the same consequence but yet get very different results? Is it because the child that learns from the consequence is good-natured while the other child who...
View ArticleConflict, Then Resolution
Recently, there seems to be a pattern among the families that I have been working with as a therapist. The pattern starts by the child acting rude and disrespectful. The parent then gets offended and...
View Article8 Ways to Break Through Teenage Walls
As a child and family therapist, I have met with many teenagers who have shut down. It looks like they have put up 2-foot thick concrete walls around themselves to keep their parents and other...
View ArticleLeslie Whiting, LPC
Leslie Whiting has over 20 years of experience assisting individuals and couples in healing and rebuilding their lives. She believes firmly that there is healing after trauma – that we can rebuild and...
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