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Learn about common emotional triggers in children and teens and how to help them identify, understand, and regulate their emotions.

Understanding child behavior is key to reducing tantrums and power struggles. Learn how to respond with connection instead of punishment.

Struggling with winter blues? Learn how to improve your mood in winter by boosting energy, embracing coziness, and staying connected.

Celebrate International Play Therapy Week and explore the benefits of play therapy in supporting children’s healing and transformation.

Learn emotion regulation strategies for children with ADHD, including proactive support, situational planning, and attention redirection.

Grounding techniques for children are strategies that all ages can use to address anxiety and distress.  The goal behind a grounding...

Reduce Anxiety by Letting Go: Pause, Breathe, and Focus on What You Can Control When life gets overwhelming and we find ourselves anxious...

Are you finding yourself yelling at your kids? If you are, have you stopped to consider why? Some parents say that they feel like they...

Often, time in a therapy session is spent working on the goal of emotion identification. Clinicians work with clients to help them name...

Trying your best to be a calm parent to a toddler or a teenager in tantrum mode? Making an important phone call and your heart is...

Emotional dysregulation is defined as an emotional response that is poorly regulated and does not fall within the traditionally accepted...

Parenting a teen struggling with their own mental health can feel lonely, isolating, and confusing. It can be difficult to understand...

In our series on Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), we have looked at various ways parents can promote a sense of vulnerability and...

The pandemic has placed obvious strain and pressure on our children and teens. Our children have been resilient in the face of virtual...

The “back to school jitters” are typical for any school year no matter what. During my time as a classroom teacher I would even have back...

“Tina likes her coworker Janet. However, when they are interacting with their superiors or colleagues, it always feels like Janet has to...

Gaslighting. Flying Monkeys. Love-bombing. Do these have anything to do with narcissism? Yes! Granted, these terms do sound ridiculous....

“He is such a narcissist!” … “She is so narcissistic!” … “What a narcissist!!” … We’ve probably all heard phrases like these, especially...

Do you find that you and your partner are going through the day to day motions but not enjoying each other? Do you feel a sense of...

KS Services' Resident in Counseling, Laura Waller , has been busy this May hosting CONNECT: an outdoor mini focus group for teen girls...