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Nov 18, 20192 min read
CFCG Therapists Recommend…Gifts for the Holidays
With so many gift-giving opportunities during the upcoming holidays, parents can feel overwhelmed. Most kids already have too many toys....
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Nov 12, 20192 min read
Questions to Ask Your Insurance Company
To find out more about your coverage, phone your provider before your first session with us. Be sure to get the name of the person you’re...
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Oct 12, 20193 min read
Parenting is Hard
By Angela Dube, LMFT I’m just going to say it: Parenting is HARD. Probably the hardest thing we do in our lives. I know, you knew that...
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Sep 3, 20192 min read
Creating a Behavioral Reward System That Actually Works
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, LMFT “Rewards don’t work! We tried that, and it didn’t help at all!” “He’s only...
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Sep 3, 20192 min read
How to Target Behaviors You Want to Change
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, LMFT Are you stuck in the same arguments with your child, over and over? When...
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Sep 3, 20192 min read
When Everything is a Battle: Dealing with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviors
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, MA, LMFT Has just getting your child out of the house in the morning turned into...
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Apr 15, 20192 min read
When it Comes to Parenting, Advice is NOT “One Size Fits All”
By Inda Brink, LMFT Years ago, a mom in my mother’s group asked the group for advice. She admitted her child was a picky eater. My ears...
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Mar 18, 20194 min read
Summer Camp Plans…It really isn’t too soon!
By Marté J. Matthews, LMFT In the middle of March, summer plans are furthest from our minds, but really this is a good time to think...
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Jan 11, 20193 min read
Gentle Discipline for the Young Child
By Marté J. Matthews, LMFT “The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways,” from Russell Barkley,...
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Oct 31, 20183 min read
Feeling Stressed About the Holidays?
By Beth Proudfoot, LMFT One helpful way to look at stress is to think of it as a buildup in your body of the chemicals your brain puts...
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Oct 30, 20182 min read
Mindful Parenting: Being the Parents We Want to Be
By Angela Dube, LMFT We have all been there: the moment we have gotten so frustrated and said and did things to our children, spouses, or...
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Oct 30, 20182 min read
Building Emotional Intelligence
By Angela Dube, LMFT “Turn that frown upside down.” “Don’t worry, be happy.” “Boys don’t cry.” “Don’t be a baby.” Our society desperately...
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Oct 11, 20182 min read
Teaching Our Children about Consent and Body Safety
By Angela Dube, LMFT #metoo Kavanaugh, Brock Turner, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein These days we are hearing a lot sexual harassment,...
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Oct 4, 20182 min read
ABC's of CBT
By Angela Dube, LMFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is all the rage these days in the therapy world. Pediatricians love to recommend...
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Oct 4, 20183 min read
Healing from Sexual Abuse
By Angela Dube, LMFT The news is saturated with stories about sexual abuse recently, Kavanaugh and Ford case, the Catholic Church...
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Sep 14, 20182 min read
Parenting from the Heart - Emotional Intelligence and Putting it to Work!
By Inda H. Brink, LMFT “The boys usually get along, but recently they argue about nonsense, grab each other’s stuff and have a lot of...
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Aug 16, 20182 min read
Guest speaker! Topics: Getting Over Underachievement & Looking Ahead to College
We are excited to introduce Melody Lowman, MA, a Family Life and Educational Consultant who will be presenting on two important topics....
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Aug 7, 20183 min read
How long is therapy going to take?
By Marté Matthews, LMFT Finding a therapist for your children can be a stressful process. Parents calling Child & Family Counseling Group...
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Aug 7, 20181 min read
With Serious Food Allergies, When Should A Parent Consider Child Counseling?
We are so proud of Marté Matthews, LMFT, our Clinical Director for being a guest writer for the FARE website. In her blog post she helps...
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Jul 17, 20182 min read
Zen Parenting
By Beth Proudfoot, LMFT Did you ever have a boss who yelled at her employees all the time? Did you respect her? When you left a meeting...
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