Healing from a Dysfunctional Childhood

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Healing from a Dysfunctional Childhood

Trauma can also be generational in nature, meaning that it is passed down from one family member to the next as part of a given family’s cultural schema. Simply being aware of maladaptive interpersonal patterns of communication within your family won’t undo generations of dysfunction. Knowledge is power, but healing requires hard work. Here are some tips for coping with the newly discovered dysfunction.

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Your College Student: Loneliness, Anxiety & Depression, Oh MY!

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Your College Student: Loneliness, Anxiety & Depression, Oh MY!

As a parent, I know it is so difficult to watch our children suffer and feel powerless to fix it.  

Suffering in college is inevitable, and it is a necessary ingredient of the alchemy that transforms adolescents into responsible adults.  Negative emotions, drunkenness, being away from home for the first time, organizing a new schedule, intake of adequate nutrition, meeting a new friend group, figuring out sex and safety, getting oriented to a new city and constant stimulation from never being alone are just a few of the pressures on your child.  They are going to handle things in a way that will cause you worry because you probably forgot that you were once an amateur too. What is a parent to do?  Below, I've combined the best tried and true suggestions to help you and your child manage the growing pains of college life.

What can you do?

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Join us to support LGBTQ Teens at Memphis Pride Parade & Fest 9/29/18

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Join us to support LGBTQ Teens at Memphis Pride Parade & Fest 9/29/18

Forward Counseling is asking for YOU to come join us in supporting young people this year at the 2018 Memphis Pride Parade and Festival. 

Be a part of the movement to support LGBTQ Teens by ordering your shirt here and SHOWING UP the day of the event. We are all going to wear our shirts to the Pride Parade and Festival and will be a part of a Support Booth where LGBTQ teens can practice coming out and hearing some supportive words from Forward Counseling Staff and YOU GUYS TOO! 

Here is the T-Shirt Link : http://www.forwardcounseling.com/pride-2018-tshirt-page/

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Your College Student: Loneliness, Anxiety & Depression, Oh MY!

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Your College Student: Loneliness, Anxiety & Depression, Oh MY!

As a parent, I know it is so difficult to watch our children suffer and feel powerless to fix it.  

Suffering in college is inevitable, and it is a necessary ingredient of the alchemy that transforms adolescents into responsible adults.  Negative emotions, drunkenness, being away from home for the first time, organizing a new schedule, intake of adequate nutrition, meeting a new friend group, figuring out sex and safety, getting oriented to a new city and constant stimulation from never being alone are just a few of the pressures on your child.  They are going to handle things in a way that will cause you worry because you probably forgot that you were once an amateur too. What is a parent to do?  Below, I've combined the best tried and true suggestions to help you and your child manage the growing pains of college life.

What can you do?

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