Mindful Healing by Lianna Tsangarides

Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Aug 6, 2022

How Shame Impacts Your Self-Worth

How does shame affect your self-worth? You know, the degree to which you value yourself. The stuff that makes you glad…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Jul 30, 2022

3 Ways CBT Helps Neurodivergent Teens

Cognitive Behavior therapy is a research-informed method of helping change behaviors, habits, and even feelings by…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Jul 23, 2022

At Home Self-Soothe Suggestions

Self-sooth is a DBT distress tolerance skill used when faced with a crisis situation, which can help to reduce intense…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Jul 16, 2022

Parents: Why Listening is So Important

Listening… not thinking about what you will say in response, what you will “teach” them or how you will advise them…just…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Jun 25, 2022

Parents, Stop Trying to Fix it!

What are the situations that you, as a parent, try to fix? Do they really want you to fix it? To intervene? Sometimes…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing Jun 11, 2022

The Importance of Fun

Did you know you could have fun in therapy? Fun allows the therapist and client to strengthen their therapeutic…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing May 28, 2022

Why DBT Works for Teens

Dialectical Behavior Therapy has been studied with various age groups in research that show it’s useful for children…

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Blog - Teen Therapist Watertown CT| Mindful Healing May 14, 2022

What to Expect When Your Teen Starts Therapy for the First Time

Let’s face it: very few teens want to go to therapy! Mom or dad or a doctor suggested they needed to go and even if a…

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