In this episode, we feature Sara Kahler, LPC and Licensed Behavioral Specialist; Sara shares her expertise on supporting resilience in children and adolescents. She explains how to distinguish between typical child and adolescent behavior and behavior that may be cause for concern. Sara discusses the use of coping skills to both increase resilience and shorten recovery time for children and adolescents. Finally, she reviews common stress and anxiety behaviors seen in children and adolescents and the evidence-based approach she uses to work with them.

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In this episode, we discuss the influence of early attachment on adult relationships with Liz Casey, LPC. If you work with adult survivors of childhood trauma or clients that present with characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder or CPTSD, this is the episode for you. Liz talks us through the presentation of clients that did not have attachment needs met in childhood and the shame they experience because of it. She shares her approach to working with attachment in session and explains why she prefers the term connection. Liz discusses the importance of shifting from blame to responsibility and how it helps clients. She also helps us identify signs that clients may struggle with attachment and explains her preferred interventions for helping clients work through attachment issues.

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Whether this is your area of expertise or you want to learn more about working with kids, I think we can all recognize the need to support this underserved population. Many states are experiencing a shortage in child mental health providers, yet the need is great: nearly 1 in 5 children experience a mental health, emotional, or behavioral disorder, and half of all lifetime mental illnesses begin by age 14. Given these statistics, it is easy to see why clinicians want, and need, to know more about working with children. Our goal today is to explore some of the fears clinicians have about working with children and the stereotypes that hold us back from doing it.

In this episode, we take a fresh look at working with children. Our guest, Jennifer Mathes, LPC, talks us through her child-centered approach, including the process of engaging the child and making the child the main focus of each session; she also highlights the steps she takes to help her child clients discover that they do want to know themselves better and shares how she engages in their world. Finally, she talks us through gaging the level of interaction necessary for each caregiver and her method for updating and including them.

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