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Parenting Stressed Out Teens: A SERIES!

You all– We are parenting a generation of stressed out teens. Here is some hard data from American Psychological Association : 59% of teenagers say that balancing all of their activities causes...

Parenting Teens in October 2021

Parents of teens— if your kids are having an even harder time than you expected, you are not alone. The trends we are seeing at Virginia Family Therapy highlight that this time is particularly...

Weekly Reflection on Mental Health; September 10, 2023

Hi everyone! This has been one of the harder transitions to school for my sweet kids. Luckily, I work with some pretty bright people who offer me perspective and remind me I’m not alone. Here...

Breathing Practice for Anxiety

Breathing helps. We know that no amount of one thing will help any of us overcome some of the feelings we may be having during this time. Instead, we’d like to share a simple 2-minute breathing...

Taking Care of Ourselves, Our Community and Our Families After Trauma With Dayna Kumar, LPC [Podcast Episode]

Parents, health care workers, teachers, people with big hearts, … almost everyone experiences compassion fatigue at some point in their lives. Especially with everything that’s going on in our...

The Power of Small Talk

Let’s teach our kids the power of small talk! Research shows that good-old fashioned chatting and a brief moment of connection with people we don’t know well releases oxytocin and dopamine – our...