How Angry Emotions Mask Deeper Feelings
Parents are often concerned when children express angry or aggressive behavior. In this podcast exclusive I discuss how parents can recognize the deeper emotions driving the angry, aggressive...
View ArticleOne Way Kids Bridge the Gap Between Their Actual Self and Their Ideal Self
Often one of the underlying causes of emotional and behavioral struggles is that who the child wants to be (their “ideal self”) is very different from who they are (their “actual self”). In this...
View ArticleAnxiety: The Untold Epidemic of 2021 Kids
Watch the Video You probably haven’t heard many people talking about how badly our kids are absorbing the “adult response to the coronavirus”. No one is really addressing it. The phones at my office...
View ArticleCutting: What You Need to Know as a Parent
Watch the Video Cutting: What You Need to Know as a Parent. Why kids are doing it. How they are finding out about it. How they are hiding it. How they are sharing it. What you can do about it. Podcast...
View ArticleWake Up! Social Media is Ruining our Kids (TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.)
Watch the Video Do you know what your kids are doing on social media? Do you REALLY know? I work with a lot of pre-teens and teens every week, with debilitating personal issues. One of the common...
View ArticlePlay Therapy (spaghetti) vs. Talk Therapy (waffles) : A Comparison
Watch the Video Often people assume that if talk therapy works with adults, it should work with kids, too. But have you ever asked your child a question about how they feel or why they did something...
View ArticleThe Four Universal Outcomes of Play Therapy
Watch the Video We all know that therapy is beneficial and that positive change is associated with the process. But what can you count on in terms of areas of growth when a child participates in play...
View Article“Focus on the Donut, Not the Hole”
Listen to the Podcast Podcast Transcript Hi, I’m Dr. Brenna Hicks, The Kid Counselor. This is the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast where I give you insight, awareness, and enlightenment about your...
View ArticleThe Parenting Journey – 50th Episode Celebration!
Podcast Transcript Hi, I’m Dr. Brenna Hicks, The Kid Counselor. This is the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast where I give you insight, awareness, and enlightenment about your parenting and your...
View Article“What’s most important may not be what you do, but what you do after what you...
Podcast Transcript Hi, I’m Dr Brenna Hicks, The Kid Counselor. This is the Play Therapy Parenting Podcast where I give you insight, awareness, and enlightenment about your parenting and your...
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