In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Jessica Lang about parenting a sexual abuse survivor. We dive right in and discuss what the term “complex trauma” means. Lang defines this as repeated traumatic events that have happened over the course of someone’s lifespan. This usually starts in early childhood and is not usually just sexual abuse....[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Maria Davis-Pierre about autism in black children and families. Davis-Pierre begins by talking about her private practice, Autism in Black, Inc, where she focuses on parents who have a child on the spectrum. Davis-Pierre opened this practice because she has a child on the spectrum and found that the...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Iris Chen about cultural awareness in parenting. We dive right in and discuss what it means to be a “tiger mom.” This comes from the book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. This is a stereotype of having very strict parents with high emphasis on...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Tosha Schore about boys and aggression. We dive in and talk about how this passion developed for Schore. Schore started off as a women’s studies major. She became an advocate for boys when she realized that as much as women work on themselves and the progress that has been...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Tangee Veloso about how to tame your wild child and how to raise a confident child while your child is being themselves. We dive in and discuss that parents Veloso works with in coaching are often trying to teach their kids how to behave with traditional quick-fix parenting tricks,...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Laura Reagan about how to help our children, specifically teens, co-create a better relationship with us. We jump in and discuss the sociological perspective of teens and their development. Reagan believes we need to look at the concept of childhood. It wasn’t long ago that children got up early...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Melissa Dumaz about creating a village and self-care. We dive right in and discuss how Dumaz helps moms not get into the rhythm of feeling like they have to do everything for everyone else. Dumaz encourages moms do define their own version of supermom or superdad. We need to...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Michelle Dickie about how to show, acknowledge and express gratitude as parents. We jump in and discuss how Dickie was inspired to write a gratitude journal for children. She would talk with her kids each night about what they were grateful for and wanted to write down everything they...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Jaclyn Tran about the effects of allergies on the child, the family, and the family support system. We jump in and discuss what it means to have allergies and how they affect our bodies. Tran provides that there are seasonal allergies, where a doctor will tell you to take...[ read more ]
In this episode of The Family Couch, we talk with Heather Criswell about how to find the “wise inside.” Criswell starts off by describing her background and the books she has authored. She mentions that her mother always woke her up saying, “Rise and shine!”, which now has profound meaning to her. She feels that we need to rise...[ read more ]
