Kelly Young Therapy

This is what the post modern therapist community has been saying for years. Mental health issues are destigmatized so well in this.

https://blog.usejournal.com/the-anti-depressant-side-effect-no-one-talks-about-how-to-avoid-it-2a99e323593c

Ask Not “What’s Wrong With Me” But “What Happened To Me?” How trauma-informed interpersonal neurobiology changed my life by reconceptualizing what “mental health” is

An article posted today by Robyn Goldberg who really gets this battle:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fat-is-not-the-problem-fat-stigma-is/

Fat Is Not the Problem--Fat Stigma Is “Health experts” are sending incorrect and destructive messages about the relationship between weight and wellness

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-food-that-helps-battle-depression-1522678367?mod=e2fb

The Food That Helps Battle Depression The right kind of diet may give the brain more of what it needs to avoid depression, or even to treat it once it’s begun.

Brené Brown gets this one just right...

https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en

The power of vulnerability Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

This article really resonates for me. I believe that despite all the suffering depression causes us, it usually has a purpose. There is something our mind and body want us to know and feel. Depression is incredibly painful, and sometimes the necessary path to clarity.

Psychologists Think They Found the Purpose of Depression It can pull you out of the hustle of daily life --- and into meaning-making.

This therapist is very on track with her parenting advice. These are many of the same things I have concluded and observed in my work with kids and families.

10 Insights of Remarkable Parents from a Family Therapist Ten key insights from a family therapist outline what parents can do to best support the healthy social and emotional development of their children.

Useful and instructive for all of us living and communicating in the world.

What Great Listeners Actually Do It’s about more than keeping quiet.

How cultures around the world think about parenting What can American parents learn from how other cultures think about parenting? A look at attitudes in Norway, Japan and Spain on the pressure to “parent” kids (as a verb).

The neuroscience of ADHD Half of the American preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD are given drugs to treat the symptoms. Is that necessary? Is there another way?

10 Alternatives to "Consequences" When Your Child Isn't Cooperating   "Throw the word "consequence" entirely out of your vocabulary and replace it with the term "problem-solving." -- Becky Eanes   "My 3 year old was sitting on the couch after bath wearing...