Parenting Overseas Can Get Tough
by Corinne Gnepf, LMHC, NCC Parenting can be the most beautiful and rewarding role on earth. It also can be the most frustrating and challenging role. Parents find themselves sleepless, stretched, elevated, concerned, proud, tense like a fully stretched rubber band, crying from joy or frustration. &
HOW 2 TALK 2 UR TEEN
Amber Goodloe, LPC Adolescent & Adult Counselor Note: I started this article before COVID-19 had massively changed the way the world looks, so it seems like now more than ever these thoughts could be helpful for those who are in various levels of lockdown with your families. In the midst o
CULTIVATING A RESILIENT CHILD
by Lisa Green, LPC Resilience is a bit of a buzz word in the mental health community these days, and perhaps also in the worker community, but for good reason. Resilience is seen as the ability to recover from challenges, to bounce back in the face of stress and adversity- so it’s no wonder we’v
HELPING CHILDREN HEAL
by Corrine Gnepf, LPCA, NCC One of the deepest desires of parents, teachers, caretakers, and anyone who loves children is to protect them from the dangers and hardships of this world. We want children to enjoy just being children, worry free, and to feel safe and taken care of. The sad reality
SUPPORTING YOUR TCK
by Lisa Green, LMFT When thinking of the worker and expat community in which many of us live, we often think of the men and women that have picked up and moved from a place that is familiar, comfortable, and “home,” to a place that is decidedly less familiar, less comfortable, and takes a long [