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Child Mental Health

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(Not so Happy) Holidays
It’s that time of year. “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!” Or is it? If you are a parent of a child from hard places, you might notice that...
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Helping Kids When They’re in Survival Mode: The Importance of Play
A child on survival mode can be the result of trauma. Connecting positively can help a child to feel safe and shows you as a trusting figure...
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How to parent a child in survival mode?
Sometimes a child is on survival mode because of past traumas. This is an opportunity to pour into their child and develop a loving parent-child...
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Benefits of expressive art therapy for children
Expressive art therapy helps to communicate using tools to process, regulate, and heal. Drawing, painting, sand tray, sculpting, dancing, are...
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Loss and grief: support for children and teenagers
Navigating loss and grief can be a confusing process for children and teenagers. Here is a list of resources to help them during this difficult...
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Adoptive parents and grieving
Grieving is part of the adoption process. Birth mothers grieve the loss of the children, birth fathers grieve the loss of raising their children,...
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