Trauma and Holiday stress

Christmas Santa

With the holidays upon us I thought I would share a little from an article I just read titled “stress and the holidays”. It was written by Dr. Joshua Sparrow, a child psychiatrist who practices at the Boston clinic and writes a weekly column for the New York Times. The article covered multiple topics but…

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Parenting Classes

family eating

New Parenting Classes Family Christian Counseling Center is excited to announce that DeAnna Wahlheim has begun teaching 5 week parenting classes entitled “Parenting with Integrity”.  The main objectives of these classes are to: Learn the difference between disobedience and emotional dysregulation Learn the difference between needs and wants and what to do about them Learn…

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Quotes about Parents

children play therapy

In my last blog I listed some of my favorite quotes about children, this week I thought I would finish that with a few of my favorite quotes about parents.  Some of these are funny and others are quite sobering, either way I hope you enjoy them. “It is easier to build strong children than…

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Quotes about Children

Children playing merry-go-round

The other day I was reading through some of my favorite quotes about children and I thought today I would just share some of them with you. With all the disagreements between political parties today I do hope the one thing we can all come together on is our children. I think I will start…

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Help for Trauma Caregivers – Part III

Caregiver comforting trauma

Caregivers – Part III Week 3 – This week I will concentrate on 4 of the 9 points that Dr. Perry gives us for “How can I help? I encourage you to follow the link and read all of the points, it is worth your time. A. Don’t be afraid to talk about the traumatic…

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