Helping Your Child Combat Low Self Esteem
June 25th, 2011
May 2nd, 2011, By Ms. Lauren Fountain, M.A.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
Does your child make self-critical comments referring to him or herself as ugly, worthless, or dumb? Does he or she take responsibility or blame for things? Is it easy for him or her to take on [...]
Helping Your Child Survive Separation and Divorce
June 13th, 2011
By: Daniel Chenoweth, Psy.D.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
How to properly deal with both speaking to your children and supporting them either through a divorce or separation is difficult for every parent. There are however many ways you can help your children throughout the process of a separation to [...]
Anger Management
May 31st, 2011
May 11th, 2011, By Ms. Lauren Fountain, M.A.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
Children and teenagers will become angry. Anger is normal and it is appropriate for them to occasionally be upset about things. These feelings should not be ignored or stifled, but they should be regulated, coped [...]
Demystifying Therapy, Part 4
May 20th, 2011
May 19th, 2011, By Nate Bohy, Psy.D.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
When children play, there is a lot more going on than meets the eye. Children use play to discover, to learn to interact with other people, to resolve their fears and confusion, and to create [...]
“Problem” Child/Adolescent vs. Problematic Marital Relationship
May 10th, 2011
By: Daniel Chenoweth, Psy.D.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
When children are brought into treatment it is rare for the parents to report that they are themselves in treatment or that they are currently in marital therapy. In her own writings Dr. Claudia Gold discussed how research has shown that [...]
Peer Pressure
May 2nd, 2011
May 2nd, 2011, By Ms. Lauren Fountain, M.A.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
Adolescents are confronted with hormonal changes, academic expectations, familial principles, and social pressures while also struggling for their independence. Decisions are made based on what behaviors not only fulfill the expectations within his or her [...]
Sexting
April 2nd, 2011
March 4th, 2011, By Ms. Lauren Fountain, M.A.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
The world of flirting and dating has changed for teenagers and young adults with the introduction of technology, specifically electronic mail and text messages. In addition, the latest technology permits the sending of photographs and [...]
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Grief & Loss- Knowing When to Seek Help
March 28th, 2011
March 28, 2011, By Nate Bohy, Psy.D.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
At some point in our lives, most of us will experience the pain of loss. Grief is broad term, which can help to encompass the complex emotional response that naturally follows the loss of someone [...]
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Teens and Addiction
March 20th, 2011
By: Daniel Chenoweth, Psy.D.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
The likelihood that your teen will be exposed to alcohol and other drugs is something all parents need to consider. In fact it should in most areas be treated as a given. Recent statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse [...]
Cyberbullying
March 5th, 2011
March 4th, 2011, By Ms. Lauren Fountain, M.A.
Serving: Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, Carson & Hawthorne.
Bullying is no longer limited to school hours on the playground. Due to the development of the Internet, bullying has the potential to follow a child home (Cyberbullying). Upon turning on their computers, children and [...]
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