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Family Therapy, Stress Management, Anxiety, Therapy for teens Alexa von Oertzen, LMFT Family Therapy, Stress Management, Anxiety, Therapy for teens Alexa von Oertzen, LMFT

What to Do When Your Family Won't Go to Therapy

Therapists can go a long way toward breaking down myths around therapy, mental health, and family dynamics, but you can be the one to start that process for your family. You can talk with your family about the benefits of therapy, both generally and in the context of how you think therapy can help your own family.

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Family Therapy, Stress Management, Anxiety, Therapy for teens Alexa von Oertzen, LMFT Family Therapy, Stress Management, Anxiety, Therapy for teens Alexa von Oertzen, LMFT

How to Better Communicate with Your Teen

The communication gap between you and your teen can be bridged with the careful construction of a respectful, interested connection. You can improve your communication with your teen by keeping calm, being persistent and consistent, respecting your teen as a whole person, and reaching out as often as possible so your teen knows you truly care.

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How Can I Convince My Family To Go To Family Counseling?

Even when we’re full-grown adults, we can’t seem to escape the effects of our childhood that bring us back to the moment we were 15, small, indignant, and still not feeling heard by the primary decision-makers in our lives. Whether it’s that, or an age-old feud with our siblings, even now, we may notice those same patterns surfacing in the day-to-day interactions with our own children.

Find the link for this blog written by Therapist Alexa von Oertzen here!

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Parent to Child, Heart to Heart: How to Help a Teen with Depression

The teenage years, as we’ve all experienced, can be some of the most challenging of our lives. We aren’t quite children, and not yet adults. Teens are navigating new emotions, a flood of hormones, their self-identity, and who they are in relationships. Amidst these changes is the crucial learning of how to cope with it all, for them and for you!

Read on to learn how to help your teen when they’re struggling with depression!

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What Should I Do When I Feel Anxious?

Summer is here, and you’re thrilled to be out of the house and spending time with your family and friends. You relish the moments where you can all be together again without masks, social distancing, and other reminders of a year spent at home. What you didn’t expect, however, was that with your reclaimed freedom, you’ve also met up with your social anxiety.

Read to learn my top three tips for what to do when anxiety strikes!

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Seven Tips For A Balanced Summer For Your Teen

As parents, we’re learning to let go, to trust our teen’s inner resiliency, and to believe that they’re going to be okay. Despite ourselves, we can’t help but wonder what kind of toll this past year is going to have on them? How will they be different, and how can we help them find their way back to normal?

Read to learn 7 tips to help your teen have a balanced summer!

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