Living well with ADHD, Anxiety, and Autistic Stress
Advice from our Maryland Therapists for LGBTQIA+ families, neurodiverse families, and YOU
An LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapist’s Guide to PRIDE
Our LGBTQIA+ affirming therapists have compiled their list of PRIDE events in the DC metro are and beyond. And we share our expert tips for becoming an ally.
Taking Charge of Your Confidence: A Guide for Teens
Your confidence belongs to you. We’re here to help you own it! Use our tools to chill out, flip the script, and drain anxiety’s power.
Helping Teens Weather the Mental Health Crisis
In the wake of the CDC’s stark report on the mental health crisis for teenage girls, our teen therapists in Maryland review practical tools to help our teens weather their storms.
To Travel or Not to Travel This Holiday Season? Explaining your choice to your family.
You’ve decided it isn’t safe to travel this year (or it finally is). Our Child and Family Therapists and Parenting Coaches explain how to let your family know without creating conflict.
Walking the Middle Path: A New Perspective for Families
If we take a dialectical approach it can help us get unstuck. One Maryland Family Therapist explains how to walk the “middle path” between acceptance of our loved one and change, for greater harmony in our lives.
How to Strengthen Any Relationship
Validation—What is it? Why do it? More importantly how do I validate my partner, teen, friend? Read on to find out how to strengthen your relationship from a Maryland Teen, Couple, and Family Therapist.
Managing Anxiety in the Transition Back to School
The good news is that we have done this before. No, not exactly this. But the same process. In fact, we have adjusted to the unexpected over and over again this year. Our Child and Family Therapists help you get back in touch with your own competence for this next transition. And help your kids find theirs too.
Feeling the "Winter Blues?" Tips from a Teen and Family Therapist
Do you notice you or your child getting a bit down or irritable in the winter months? Here are some tips from a counselor in Montgomery County, MD to make sure you and your child’s mental health are taken care of during the colder/darker months.
Flipping the Script on Teen Discipline: Tips from Teen Counselors
Your middle schooler didn’t go to his online class. Your high schooler was chatting online with friends after midnight. They knew the rules. Now what?
How do I get my teenager to see a therapist? Tips from a Teen Therapist
Your teen’s behavior has you worried. Or frustrated. Maybe she’s stressed out and frantically texting friends. Or his teenage angst is really disrupting your family life. You think you’ve found a great therapist. Here’s how to get them to go.
Resisting Peer Pressure on a COVID-19 Halloween
You’ve decided it isn’t safe to trick or treat this year. Or have your annual Halloween party. Or maybe you made a different choice. You are trick or treating and your kids’ friends are not. Either way, your kids are now finding out what their friends will be doing on Halloween. And you have some explaining to do.
Brilliant Hack for Family Chores: Among Us IRL
Make chore time fun for your teens and tweens (and yourself) with this great idea from my 14 year old, "Among Us IRL." Among Us is a super popular online game that basically involves doing chores as fast you can. We show you how to use it to knock out some household tasks in record time.
Meet Nicole Filipe, LCMFT: Therapist for Teens, Couples, Families, and Highly Sensitive People (HSP's)
We’re thrilled to have Nicole’s expertise in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), DBT skills, family therapy, and highly sensitive teens and adults. After working with Nicole, clients know that they have the skills and resilience to make it through tough times. We could all use a little bit of that in 2020!
Should I Help My Teen in Online School? Answers from our Teen Therapist in Montgomery County, MD
Your parental spidey sense is tingling… you just know she has her camera off. Or he is lounging in bed. Should you get involved? Is your teen typical for his age, or is something wrong? Why can’t they do this on their own?