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Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer

August 13, 2021 By Brian Frith-Smith In Blog, Uncategorized No Comments

Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer

Girls Who Glow returns from summer hiatus on September 10th! Kat and Adriana are back to host our therapy group for High School age girls in person at Child & Teen Counseling on Fridays from 5:00 to 6:30. Hear what they have to say about the next season in our Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer! If you know someone who could benefit, please tell them about it. Now’s the time to get in!

Everyone knows being a teenager is tough, but what are the biggest issues teenage girls face today? How does group therapy even work? What are the advantages of being in a group, and do teenagers still have band posters on their bedroom walls? Start getting the answers here or check out the Girls Who Glow page for more information and to get in touch directly with Adriana or Kat.

Is group therapy right for your kid? Watch Child & Teen Counseling’s Executive Director Kent Toussaint talk about it here.

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Group Therapy for Teenage Girls: Girls Who Glow

April 15, 2021 By Brian Frith-Smith In Blog, Uncategorized No Comments

Girls Who Glow is Child & Teen Counseling’s therapy group for teenage girls which launched in March 2021. So how’s it going one month in? In this Therapycast, Child & Teen Counseling Marketing Coordinator Brian Frith-Smith checks in with Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee Adriana Navarro Gonzalez.

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Therapy for Kids: The Best Lie Detectors in the World

February 20, 2021 By Brian Frith-Smith In Blog, Uncategorized No Comments

Alek is a new Therapist Trainee at our sister organization Child & Teen Counseling in Woodland Hills. He’s been seeing clients since February and we wanted to check in with him and see how it was going. What’s the work environment like at CTC, and can you get anything by those clever kids?

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Therapy for Kids: What can a kid expect the first time at therapy?

February 20, 2021 By Brian Frith-Smith In Blog, Uncategorized No Comments

What is the first session with a therapist like for a kid? Does a therapist in a corduroy blazer make you talk about your deepest darkest fears?

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Helping Your Teenager Cope With Anger

December 21, 2020 By Adriana Navarro Gonzalez In Blog No Comments

Being the parent of a teenager can be just about as scary as having to go to the dentist for a root canal… EVERY DAY! Adolescence is a time when teens push boundaries, raise voices and often blame and shut out parents. In fact, your teenager may seem to live in a perpetual state of [...]

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Talking To Our Kids About Racism

October 2, 2020 By Marcy Wong In Blog No Comments

Considering the current political and social conversations that many of us are having, we can’t ignore the state of our country and I hope these few short words help. It’s important to begin educating and taking time to talk to our children from a very young age about differences in skin color. According to [...]

Bubbling Frustration

September 21, 2020 By Robert Jimenez In Blog No Comments

What happens to unresolved frustration? Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or anxious is unavoidable, whether age, gender, or circumstance. There are plenty of ways to experience irritation, like being cut off in traffic or waiting on hold for more than an hour on a call with customer service. In a lot of those situations, we are […]

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Is My Toddler Trans?

September 9, 2020 By Kat Valentine In Blog No Comments

Your little boy has always enjoyed dressing up as Elsa, but now he wants to wear dresses to preschool and you’re not sure what to do. Your little girl has always been a tomboy but is now telling you they are a boy. You want to let your child be who they are, but you […]

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The 411 on Your Teen & Marijuana

February 11, 2020 By Jennifer Perez In Blog No Comments

If you want to talk to your son or daughter about marijuana, pot, weed, whatever you feel comfortable calling it, I think it is important for you to know basic facts about the drug. The D.E.A., DrugEnforcement Administration, classifies drugs based upon abuse rate. There arefive classifications, with I representing the most potential for abuse […]

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What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting: Raising Blended Families

January 24, 2020 By Bar Zafrany In Blog No Comments

Blended families are quickly becoming the new norm. While this is a fun and exciting chapter in your life, it is a completely new experience for you, your spouse, and the children you share. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to prepare for such a big transition, since new feelings can emerge after the transition occurs. […]

Girls Who Glow Season 2 Trailer

Group Therapy for Teenage Girls: Girls Who Glow

Therapy for Kids: The Best Lie Detectors in the World

Therapy for Kids: What can a kid expect the first time at therapy?

Helping Your Teenager Cope With Anger

Talking To Our Kids About Racism

Bubbling Frustration

Is My Toddler Trans?

The 411 on Your Teen & Marijuana

What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting: Raising Blended Families

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