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Category Archives: Children and Adolescent Counseling

Back-to-School Stress for Divorced Parents: When Old Family Conflict Resurfaces

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Family Counseling, Parental Stress

Introduction For many families, the start of a new school year feels like a fresh beginning. New teachers, new routines, new activities, and another opportunity to settle into a rhythm. But for parents who are separated or divorced, August can also bring something less comfortable back into the picture: all the coordination, communication, and unresolved …

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Emotional Resilience in Children: How Families and Schools Can Help

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Counseling, Family Counseling, Mental Health

Introduction School asks children and teenagers to manage much more than homework. They are learning how to handle difficult classes, navigate friendships, deal with disappointment, manage expectations, find their place among peers, and adjust to changes that can sometimes feel bigger than adults realize. At the same time, the adults around them are navigating their …

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The Two-Week Plan That Eases Back-to-School Anxiety in Kids

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, teen

Introduction The backpack is by the door. The school supply list is checked off. But if you are like most parents in Oklahoma right now, the thing weighing on you most is not on any list at all. It is the quiet worry about how your child is really going to handle the first day, …

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The Moment Parents Usually Miss Before a Teen Completely Shuts Down

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Family Counseling, Teen Counseling

Introduction You remember when they told you everything. Now you are lucky to get three words before they disappear into their room. It happened gradually. The conversations got shorter. The eye contact, less. The space between you, wider. And now you are standing in your own kitchen wondering how you and your teenager became strangers …

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Teen Stress Is Skyrocketing: When Parents Should Seek Help

Posted by Improving Lives Counseling Services, Inc. | Articles, Children and Adolescent Counseling, Family Counseling, Teen Counseling, Therapy

Introduction Every generation of parents has worried about their teenagers. Moodiness, slammed doors, the sudden desire to communicate in single syllables. These are the hallmarks of adolescence, and they always have been. But something is different now. And the numbers bear it out. According to the World Health Organization, 1 in 7 children and adolescents …

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