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Helping Kids Handle Big Feelings | Parent Training Tips
If you’ve ever watched your toddler melt down over the “wrong” color cup or your preschooler burst into tears because their sock feels “weird,” you know how powerful big emotions can be in young children. In those moments, many parents instinctively try to stop the...
OCD & Hormones: What Changes from Adolescence Through Perimenopause (and What Men Should Know, Too)
By Christen Sistrunk, LPC-S | Houston Center for Valued Living (Houston, TX) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) doesn’t happen in a vacuum. For many people, shifts in reproductive and stress hormones change how loud intrusive thoughts feel and how urgent compulsions...
The Vital Role of Parents in OCD Treatment: Cheerleaders, Not Fixers
When your child is struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can feel almost unbearable to watch. Of course you want to protect them. Of course you want to make the anxiety stop. That instinct comes from love. But when it comes to treating OCD, the most...
Why the Holidays Can Feel So Emotional (and What Helps)
When the Holidays Bring Mixed Emotions The holidays have a funny way of stirring everything up. A song in the grocery store.A family group text.A tradition that doesn’t feel the same anymore. For some people, this season brings warmth, nostalgia, and a sense of...
Preparing for Loss? Here’s How Grief Therapy Can Help
Facing the possibility of losing someone you love is one of life’s most painful and overwhelming experiences. Whether it’s a parent, partner, child, or close friend, knowing that your time together is limited can stir up intense emotions such as sadness, fear, anger,...
Quirky Kid Behaviors vs. OCD: What Parents Need to Know
If you’ve ever watched your toddler line up their toy cars in perfect rows, insist on wearing the same pair of shoes every day, or meltdown when the bedtime routine changes, you might have wondered: Is this just normal kid behavior…or something more? As parents, we...