Building a Child-Centered, Co-Parenting Connection
by Jody Sargent, LCSW Divorce GRIEF – A disturbance of trusted family relationships that changes interpersonal connections and the disruption of safe attachments can catapult a family into deep sorrow and grief. Extreme emotional and physical distress can come in waves – and, without warning. Unfortunately, the effects of conflict and divorce can leave each […]
Build Your Family’s Resilience: How To Overcome Life’s Challenges Together
by Shannon Starley, CSW What is resilience? It’s the ability to make it through difficult times and come out stronger on the other side. Life often presents us with unexpected challenges, such as death, divorce, or the arrival of a new baby. While various factors contribute to an individual’s resilience, family resilience encompasses even more […]
How to Limit the Negative Effects of Divorce and Family Conflict on Your Child.
by Jody Sargent LCSW, MSW, LVRC, CRC Effects of Divorce and Family Conflict on Children Divorce and other family conflicts can have devasting, lifelong effects on the children that experience them. Divorce is an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE). ACEs can create trauma. Divorce trauma can have lasting effects on a child’s developing brain, but they […]
How To Have Better Family Communication Over the Holiday
Learn how to improve your family communication with Jody Sargent, LCSW as she explores the complexities of the holidays.
What You Need to Know About Play Therapy.
by Jessica Hansen There is a rise in mental health issues among our younger populations. Children are very vulnerable due to their constantly developing brains, making their mental health very critical. Children who struggle with mental health issues may have difficulty forming relationships, performing in school, developing coping skills, expressing emotions appropriately, dealing with hard […]
The Benefits of Choosing a Co-parenting Therapist During a Divorce Over an Attorney
Rarely do I have people in my office that are in the midst of divorce that are doing so without serious, take you to court, conflict. Divorce is really hard and sadly there is not a divorce manual helping people get through it. So people turn to what they know or what they see on […]