by Monica Campbell | Jan 22, 2020 | Parenting, Teens, therapist
Last month I wrote a blog titled 5 Tips for Picking a Therapist for Your Teen. It published 7 days ago, and three days after that, I got a text from a dear friend that went something like this: “…Why is it so ^%$##!!!! hard to find a therapist for my...
by Monica Campbell | Dec 11, 2019 | blended family, Family
So much of life is about transitions. Really, most of life can be described as a transition. How about when someone asks “How are you?” and you reply “Good! Well, I’m incredibly busy.” Think of the transitions and change you might have...
by Monica Campbell | Nov 27, 2019 | Family, gratitude, Parenting, vulnerability
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it brings to mind a story of gratitude. I remember taking my then sixteen-year-old on an international journey two years ago. Out of my husband and I, I had drawn what was considered by most to be the “long straw” -the chosen...
by Monica Campbell | Oct 9, 2019 | Family, Parenting, suicide, Teens
September was National Suicide Prevention Month. It was also the month that my small, tight-knit school community lost a beautiful and loved young man to suicide. We’ve been talking and crying and comforting each other like this: that although there are many...
by Monica Campbell | Jul 29, 2019 | Family, Parenting, Teens
Sitting with him, in my therapy office, I was scratching my head. Every question I asked, and I mean EVERY question, ended with a shrug, a minuscule, dipped-head eye roll, or an emphatic “I don’t know”. It took me far too long to realize this...
