Deborah Pettitt, Author at Family Christian Counseling

Talking with Children about the Corona virus

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Deborah Pettitt

This week with all that is going on in our country I thought I would share some good information about talking with your children about the corona virus. If you would like to read the entire article it is from PBS kids, please click on the link. It started with a quote from one of

Posted in Parenting

Child’s Play

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read an excellent article titled “Curiosity, Pleasure and Play” by Bruce Perry, Lea Hogan and Sarah Marlin. If you would like to read the entire article, please click on the link. In this week’s blog I thought I would summarize for you the important points. The neurobiological development of the brain has several

Posted in Neurosequential Model, Parenting

Resilient children

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Deborah Pettitt

I just read more about being resilient. I would like to add some important points to previous blogs I have written about it in relation to children and trauma (if you would like to read the entire article I read please click on the LINK). What would it look like if we could somehow protect

Posted in Research, Trauma resiliency, trauma

Relationships: Masters vs. Disasters

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Deborah Pettitt

I just watched a good video from Dr. John Gottman on what makes relationships work. If you want to view the entire presentation please click on the link. He has studied relationships for over 30 years and written a book describing his work called “The Seven Principles for making Marriage Work”. I thought I would

Posted in Marriage Therapy

Benefits of EAGALA

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Deborah Pettitt

We have written previously about our Equine Assisted Therapy Program with therapist DeAnna Wahlheim. If you are unfamiliar with this therapy please click on this link which will describe it. I just finished reading an article summarizing 24 studies regarding equine assisted therapy. I thought I would share a few thoughts concerning what they found.

Posted in Animal Assisted Therapy, Research benefits, EAGALA, equine assisted