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HEALTHY FAMILY CONNECTIONS — 272 episodes
Parenting Teens: When Therapists Get the Balance Wrong
How Do I Share Custody With An Abusive Partner
The Challenge of Parental Blind Spots
How to Create Real Change with your Teenager
My Daughter's Husband Doesn't Support Her
My Husband's Anger is Hurting All of Us
I Don't Want To Live Here Anymore
Teach Your Teen Impulse Control - Part 2
Teach Your Teen Impulse Control - Part 1
Getting Earned Privileges Right
Start But Don't Stop With Empathy
Try Going on Strike: ADHD Youth and Managing Responsiblities
Stuck in the Middle
Some Solutions Only Double Down on the Problem
My Son Thinks Shoplifting Is Okay
Intense Positivity Is Required
4 Steps to Unlocking those Hidden Family Feelings
The Do's & Don'ts of Talking with Your Teen about Sex
This Common Problem Hurts the Whole Family
Use This Skill & Everyone Will Love You
Can't I Just "Say It Like It Is" To My Kids?
3 Critical Steps to Heal Young Adult Hostile Dependency
Why Your Daughter's Depression Makes Perfect Sense
Find Your Voice To Get Healthy
Should I Reconcile With My Dysfunctional Family?
A Crisis with your Teen? Maybe it's an Opportunity!
Self-Centered or Self-Oriented? Know The Difference And Thrive.
Five Crucial Points for Boundary Setting with Your Adult Child
Exhausted From Setting Limits? Make This Shift.
Want Others to Behave Better? Do This!
Struggling in a Relationship? Do This, It's Magic!
We Feel Bad For Our Son, So We Enable Him
Groundhog Day in Des Moines
Don't Discount Your Parental Judgement!
Family Counseling With Tough Dads
The Destructive Power of Psychological Enmeshment
Where Did I Go Wrong?
Should We Make A Depressed Teenager Go to School?
Is Adolescence a Psychiatric Condition?
Can I Resolve My Parent/Child Communication Gap?
Get On The Right Track With ADHD Youth
Will Someone Please Back Me Up?
Don't Undertreat Serious Conditions!
Anxiety Begets Anxiety
You're A Better Parent Than You Think
When "Respect Me" Becomes a Power Struggle: Helping Teens Individuate Without Losing Connection
Our Hot Headed Son Is Headed For Trouble
How Do I Support Parents That I Fundamentally Disagree With?
My Narcissistic Son is Controlling My Life
My Unenthusiastic Wife
What Happened To Our Young Adults?
When Positivity & Earned Privileges Aren't Enough
Can We Help Our Adult Daughter Out of An Abusive Relationship?
What More Can A Step Parent Do?
Let Someone Else Own The Problem
When You Find Yourself In A Hole, Stop Digging
Change Your Family Culture
Fifty Ways To Say "NO"
Fifty Ways To Say "NO"
Should We Fund Our Young Adult's Business Idea?
Two Things A Youth and Family Therapist Needs To Do
It's Never Enough!
No! No Devices On This Trip!
I Want My Kids To Like Me
Will Someone Please Help Our Family!!
I Always Felt Unloved
Unlocking The Secrets of The Talk
When Negotiation Becomes Meaningless
Strategies for Thanksgiving Success
My Family Is Stuck And It's Killing My Husband
When Is It Okay To Reward Our Kids?
The Double Softy Syndrome Meets Locus Of Control
Ditch The Guilt, It Ain't Helping
I Want My Son Back
What If We Did It All Wrong?
Guilt Or Resentment-Choose Your Poison
My Husband Has An Anger Problem
What Do Therapists And Parents Have In Common?
Some Problems "Slip Through the Cracks"
Should I Be Concerned About My Son's Lack Of Interests?
Should I Help or Leave My Husband?
A Misuse of Diagnosis
My Son Is Bullying Me & How Therapy Can Help or Hurt
Do I Let My Teen Fail?
How Can I Help Someone With Complex Trauma and Grief?
I Can't Make Everyone Happy
Held Hostage By Our Son's Suicide Threats
Am I Holding My Special Needs Kid Back?
My Son Can't Get Motivated
Too Much Teen Independence
They Turned Mom Into The Family Sheriff
Is Our Parenting All Wrong?
Don't Set Your Struggling Teenager Up For Failure
A Royally Dysfunctional Family
Help Your Teen Grow Their Executive Function
I'm Tired Of Micromanaging My Teenager
How Do You Set Limits With A Depressed Teenager?
Essential Steps To Prevent or Cure Destructive Teen Behavior
How Can I Hold My 17 Yr.-Old Accountable?
My Son's Probation Officer Is Making Things Worse
I Hate You, Get Out, Don't Touch Me
My 14 Year Old Daughter Is Giving Up
My Shy Wonderful Son Is Living In His Bed
Does My Son Have Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
The Therapist Says "Back Off." Should I?
Is Better Good Enough?
Get Off This Enablement Train!
"Give" Your Teenager the Joy of Success
Our Very Normal 17 Year Old Is Failing
50% Custody and 100% Responsibility
Meds, Counseling, and No Change
Parenting In A New Culture
My Son Doesn't Like It When You're Around
I Didn't Do It!
I Can't Do Everything
Fixing A Toxic Mother/Son Relationship
Our Contrary Son Is Making Life Miserable
Am I Too Controlling?
Let The Start Of School End Your Control Battle
Don't Give Your Daughter Any Advice
Teach Your Sons To Respect Women
My Young Adult Son Is Controlled By His Mother
We Didn't Role Model Abusive Behavior
3 Reasons My 16 Year Old Son Smokes Weed
My Husband Pits My Daughter Against Me
Does Everything Have To Be An Argument?
Abuse, Trauma, and Risk
Don't Call Me Janet, I'm A Boy
My Special Needs Teenager Isn't Safe
Does Zoom Therapy Really Work?
Your Control Battle Is In Your DNA
Disneyland Dad Undermines My Parenting
Has Your Son Been In Decline For Too Long?
Can A Crisis Make Our Family Better?
COVID-19
Mom HELP - I Need Limits!
Natural Consequences or Parental Action
My Son Is A Junk Food Junkie
Contempt Is Not A Family Value
Lions and Tigers and Cellphones, Oh, My!!
Don't Send Your Troubled Teenager For Counseling
Change Yourself, Change Your Family
How Can I Help Our Daughter When Her Mother Is Emotionally Unstable?
How Do I Get Parents To Own Their Part Of The Problem?
The Therapist Can't Get My 13-Year-Old To Talk
The Challenges and Treatment Options for Young Adults Today
Even The Doctor Gave Up On My Son
Start The Homework Routine Out Right
Parent Abuse Is Domestic Violence
Do I Force My Daughter To Stay With Her Father?
To End Bullying, End The Bullying Culture
Our Daughter Is Stressing Us All Out
I Thought I Knew My Kid
Do We Still Give Allowance, When Kids Don't Do Their Chores?
How Can I Support My Anxious Young Adult?
Parental Anger Is Normal
Where Do I Start When Everything Is Out Of Control?
Two Critical Skills For Dealing With An Unreasonable Adult
When Do I Pull The Plug On Our Marriage?
Cell Phones Are Ruining Our Family
The Truth About Raising Confident, Resilient Kids
Our 9-Year-Old Son Is Out Of Control
Don't Have A Relationship "Fender Bender"
Dial Up The Mature-O-Meter
Am I Being Clear or Rigid?
What If The Problem Is Me?
Recovery Is Not For Sissies
Should I Get Over My Feelings About My Husband Using Porn?
The Five Critical Things You Should Expect From Therapy
5 Vital Problem Solving Skills To Teach Your Kids.
Are You Feeding The Behavior That You Want Your Child To Change?
The Right Way To Get Your Kid Into A Great College
How Do I Deal With My Critical Mother?
We Took A Stand And Made Some Progress; Now What?
How Can I Be As Confident At Home As I Am At Work?
How Do I Not Take This Personally?
My Stubborn Son Won't Listen
My Preschooler Fights Me When It's Time To Go To School
My Son Wields Silence as a Weapon
Is Hurtful Language Verbal Abuse?
The Two Skills Every Couple Needs to Learn
The One New Year's Resolution You Need To Make And Keep
Use Accountability to Create Teen Learning and Growing
The Challenging Transition from High School to College
What's Family Therapy Really Like?
The Adolescent Self-Destructive Cycle
You Can't Solve A Problem That You Don't Understand
Do Peacekeeping Dads Support Mediocrity?
Meet The Real Neil D Brown
Are We Making Our Kids Sick?
My Son Left Home, And I Don't Know What To Do
Want a Happy, Successful Kid? Help Them Grow The Big Five!
The Right Way For Doctors To Address Family Dynamics
How To Mentor An Unhealthy Young Adult (And How Not To)
Is It Okay To Be An At Home Mom?
An Apology Might Not Be Enough
Teach Your Kids To Set Goals
My Eagle Scout Is Smoking Marijuana
I Walked In On My Son And His Girlfriend
: Kids Need To Help At Home
Parental Burnout is an Epidemic
Know Your Child's Needs
Don't Polarize, Synthesize
After high School Push Reset on the Parent-Teen Relationship
Corporate Culture and Mental Health
Am I Programed for Parental Burnout?
Get The Moral Authority To Set Effective Limits
How Will My Irresponsible Son Be Successful In College?
The Truth About Youth and Marijuana Today
Why Doesn't My Brilliant Son Care?
Are We Dumbing Down Our Expectations?
My Failure to Launch Son
My Teen Daughter Doesn't Like to Socialize
My Teen Daughter Says She Hates Me
Should I Push my Anxious and Fragile Son to Try Harder?
I'm Terrified That My Son Is Losing His Way
Time to Switch from Consequences to Privileges
The Unique Challenges of Families In Transition
My Rude and Demanding Daughter
Why Isn't My Son Happy?
My Husband Undermines My Parenting
Is My Son Addicted to Video Games?
Will My Teenager Be A Successful Adult?
Teach Your Teenagers How to Argue
Choose The New Year's Resolution That Won't Fail
Create a Successful Holiday Break with your Kids
The 3 Stage Journey from Childhood to Adulthood
Kids Need Emotional Regulation Skills
I'm Depressed Thinking About Thanksgiving
Our Daughter's Anxiety is Running the Family
The Link Between Bullying, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Harassment
Bullying in middle schools today
I'm talking, but nobody's listening!
Are My Kids Being Bullied?
Sibling Relationships Matter
It's Time To Move From Surviving To Thriving
Achieve Emotional Intimacy by Meeting Emotional Needs
Be yourself, save your family?
Is giving up easily about self-confidence?
Moving Beyond Parent-Child Temperament
Setting the school year up for success
The Hidden Relationship Killer
Should Parents be Happy While Their Kids are Doing Poorly?
How to create Lasting Change in Families
Are Psychotherapists Disempowering Parents?
Am I Helping or Enabling my Young Adult Child?
Stop the Parent-Teen Chore Battle
Teenage Summertime Success
13 Reasons Why Not
High Performing Moms Need High Performing Families
How we can all feel listened to
How to be a perfectly imperfect family
Don't get Stopped by your Arguing Teen
Turn Self-doubt & Burnout into Empowered Parenting
Healthy Expectations for your Depressed Teenager
Helping Emotionally Abused Adult Children
Staying Connected With Your Teenager
How To Raise A Spiritually Aware Child
Active Gifted Kids
How to Raise a Strong Minded Child
My Highly Anxious Daughter
Parental Burnout - End It and Thrive
Setting Limits With Your Special Needs Teen
Help! My Teenager Won't Do His Schoolwork!
Ending the Teacher-Teen Control Battle
My Inlaws Are In Our Business
Helping Your Depressed Teenager
What To Do With A Chronically Lying Child
Stop The Fight And Watch Your Relationship Grow…
Sisters Who Won't Get Along
Stop Fighting with your Kids about Screen Time (do this instead)
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