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, 2018
- 2 min
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,...
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Oct 4, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Sep 14, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
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....
- Aug 7, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
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...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 2 min
Parenting Kids with Food Allergies-Stress Goes with the Territory
By Marté Matthews, LMFT One in 13 American children has a serious food allergy. That’s 5.9 million young people. Parenting children with...
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
Dealing with a New Diagnosis of ADHD
By Rachel Martin, AMFT We all have an image in mind about what Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) looks like. Maybe it’s a...
- Jul 10, 2018
- 1 min
When Everything is a Battle: Dealing with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviors (a 3-Part Series)
Mondays, September 10th, 17th, & 24th, 7:30pm-8:45pm, $200 Tired of arguing? Find yourself yelling all the time? Running out of ideas...
- Jul 5, 2018
- 3 min
Summer is a Great Time to Start Therapy
By Angela Dube, LMFT & Marté Matthews, LMFT In all my years as a therapist I have noticed a distinct trend as to when most people start...
- Jun 7, 2018
- 2 min
Summertime Battlegrounds: Screen Time, Boredom, and Sibling Rivalry
By Inda Brink, LMFT School is out. Whew! Gone are the morning rushes, making bag lunches, homework headaches, and other projects! Sounds...
- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
Languages of Love
By Marté Matthews, LMFT In our work with families, I see so many parents and kids with who do love each other very much, but often have...
- May 4, 2018
- 3 min
Kids, Families, and Sleep: Four Quick Steps to Better Sleep
By Marté Matthews, LMFT What can parents do to make bedtimes easier for kids and families? Whether children’s sleep is disrupted by an...
- Apr 16, 2018
- 3 min
Battling Your Teen's Perfectionism
By Angela Dube, LMFT We all feel the pressure of living in Silicon Valley. As a child therapist in San Jose, I'm well aware that...
- Apr 15, 2018
- 3 min
Stress Reduction for Teens
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...
- Apr 14, 2018
- 2 min
Maybe It's Just a Phase?
By Beth Proudfoot, LMFT I got a call here at Child & Family Counseling Group recently from a parent who was concerned about her...
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