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Supporting Your Teen Through College Applications With Margaret Baudinet of College Solutions [Podcast Episode]

If your kid might apply for college in the next ten years, you want to listen to this one! Margaret is an expert when it comes to supporting kids through the college application process. She has a...

Making Friends As An Adult [Podcast Episode]

As teenagers, after many years of success, we think it’s going to be easy to make and keep friends as an adult, but often, the opposite tends to be true. Nowadays, we’re so connected to our phones...

How To Talk To Your Kids About The Upcoming School Year

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Raising A Child With ADHD With Carol Boersma, MD

What does it actually look like to raise a child, and especially a son, with ADHD? How do we parent them? Pediatrician, Dr. Carol Boersma, MD, is here to share her expertise around all of this....

Therapy Greatest Hits #2: Screen Time Basics [Podcast Episode]

Let’s talk through some screen time basics! Screen time expectations are one of those topics I do psycho-education on with pretty much everyone who walks through my door. It’s a topic that comes up...

Darn Good Parenting Advice From Waki Wynn – Part 1 [Podcast Episode]

Today, we released one of those episodes that is full of gems of knowledge and truth bombs for ALL parents out there. My conversation with Waki Wynn, in which he shares some incredible parenting...

How Did We Start Active & Connected Family Therapy? With Caroline Megargel, MSW, LCSW [Podcast Episode]

Since you’re here on our (new!!) website, you might’ve already seen that we have some SUPER EXCITING news to share! Virginia Family Therapy will now be continuing under our new name: Active &...

Getting The Most Out Of Summer League Swimming For Your Family [Podcast Episode]

You all, in just five days, Summer League Swimming season is starting across Virginia and I’m so excited – and not just for myself. The swim team is the most fruitful experience of social and...

The Impact Of Community Trauma With Sarah Lewis [Podcast Episode]

We’re a few days out of the tragedy that occurred at UVA. Today on Active & Connected Families, we’re going to talk about how community trauma can trigger trauma from the past, whether this...

How Do We Help Our Kids Feel Safe in a World That Feels Increasingly Unsafe? [Podcast Episode]

Parents across the United States are struggling with the question, “How do we help our kids feel safe when we worry we are living in an increasingly unsafe world?” It’s a hard and sad question; one...