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The world is feeling very heavy these days. Our children can carry the brunt of it. When things feel big and scary, we can help our children cope. Check out my latest blog talking about what to do when difficult things happen in the world and it does not feel safe.
Helping Your Neurodivergent Child Feel Safe When the World Feels Scary
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September 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The world is feeling very heavy these days. Our children can carry the brunt of it. When things feel big and scary, we can help our children cope. Check out my latest blog talking about what to do when difficult things happen in the world and it does not feel safe.
Is your digital life getting the best of you as you struggle to manage the complexities of your twice exceptional child? If so, a digital detox may be the best plan. Check out my latest blog post on turning down the volume on the internet.
When the Internet Is Too Loud—and You're Already at Capacity
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September 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Is your digital life getting the best of you as you struggle to manage the complexities of your twice exceptional child? If so, a digital detox may be the best plan. Check out my latest blog post on turning down the volume on the internet.
Find your way back to yourself with a positive, cognitive rewire. To learn more, read my latest blog on the power of affirmations (rewires). We believe what we tell ourselves.
What If Your Inner Voice Could Feel More Like Home?
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September 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Find your way back to yourself with a positive, cognitive rewire. To learn more, read my latest blog on the power of affirmations (rewires). We believe what we tell ourselves.
As you get help for your child with ADHD, have you started to wonder about yourself? This is very common in my work. Check out my latest blog on getting diagnosed late in life with ADHD.
When Helping Your Child With ADHD Starts to Shine a Light on You, Too
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September 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
As you get help for your child with ADHD, have you started to wonder about yourself? This is very common in my work. Check out my latest blog on getting diagnosed late in life with ADHD.
Family therapy can help you find your way home. If you are struggling to feel welcome, or be welcoming to those close to you, there is help. Check out my latest blog on the benefits of family therapy.
As a therapist, a mom, and someone who knows how messy and beautiful family life can be, I created Welcome Home Family Therapy to be just that—a place where families can find their way back home to ea...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Family therapy can help you find your way home. If you are struggling to feel welcome, or be welcoming to those close to you, there is help. Check out my latest blog on the benefits of family therapy.
Are you struggling in your extended family relationships? Many families are. Check out my latest blog post for a path to healing.
In my work with parents, I’ve learned that “welcome home” isn’t just about what happens under your roof—it’s about the larger family system your children grow up in.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Are you struggling in your extended family relationships? Many families are. Check out my latest blog post for a path to healing.
Separation anxiety is a tough one as parents. It is understandable to frustrated and upset. To get at the root of the challenge, we need to see how your child is perceiving lack of connection as a treat of danger. Check out my latest blog to see how would approach this with you and your child.
When Separation Anxiety Takes Over
When Separation Anxiety Takes Over If you’ve ever tried to leave your child at preschool only to peel them off your leg while they sob, you know how heartbreaking and exhausting separation anxiety can...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Separation anxiety is a tough one as parents. It is understandable to frustrated and upset. To get at the root of the challenge, we need to see how your child is perceiving lack of connection as a treat of danger. Check out my latest blog to see how would approach this with you and your child.
Struggling in the parenting department with your young child? You do not have to go it alone. Check out my blog on how we can help heal that relationship.
Parenting Preschool & School-Aged Kids Can Leave You Drained—Here’s Why
Parenting Preschool & School-Aged Kids Can Leave You Drained—Here’s Why If you have a child between 3 and 9, you may have noticed how quickly joy can turn into stress. The school drop-off tears, the e...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Struggling in the parenting department with your young child? You do not have to go it alone. Check out my blog on how we can help heal that relationship.
Are you the stress-out, struggling parent of an elementary or junior high student? Then check out my latest blog on how I can help bring healing and connection to your relationship.
Parenting a preteen (ages 9–13) can feel like learning a whole new language.
Parenting a preteen (ages 9–13) can feel like learning a whole new language. I’ve spent over 30 years helping parents navigate these tricky “in-between” years—and I’ve lived it myself as a parent of t...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you the stress-out, struggling parent of an elementary or junior high student? Then check out my latest blog on how I can help bring healing and connection to your relationship.
Struggling with panic attacks from your child? There is help. Check out my newest blog on managing the challenge.
As a parent and family therapist, I understand how challenging it can be when your child experiences sudden bursts of fear and anxiety.
As a parent and family therapist, I understand how challenging it can be when your child experiences sudden bursts of fear and anxiety. You might feel powerless or unsure of how to help, especially if...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Struggling with panic attacks from your child? There is help. Check out my newest blog on managing the challenge.
Struggling with parenting from your Possum Pathway? Check out my latest blog on handling this survival mode.
When You Feel Shut Down Instead of Showing Up
When You Feel Shut Down Instead of Showing Up Sometimes, parenting gets so overwhelming your body just... checks out. You go quiet, shut down, maybe even feel numb or disconnected. Robyn Gobbel calls ...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Struggling with parenting from your Possum Pathway? Check out my latest blog on handling this survival mode.
If you are struggling with the impact of OCD on your relationship with your child, there is help. Check out my blog to see how we can work together to bring more safety into your nervous system and your connection to your child.
When OCD Disrupts the Bond with Your Child
When OCD Disrupts the Bond with Your Child As a therapist and a recovering strict parent myself, I understand how OCD can quietly shape the parent-child relationship. You might be doing everything you...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you are struggling with the impact of OCD on your relationship with your child, there is help. Check out my blog to see how we can work together to bring more safety into your nervous system and your connection to your child.
Parents' feelings matter. Let's talk about it.
Parenting a sensitive, strong-willed, or neurodivergent child can leave you feeling completely worn down.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Parents' feelings matter. Let's talk about it.
Check out my new blog on changing your parenting lens to better see your brilliant child.
There is no such thing as a bad child.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out my new blog on changing your parenting lens to better see your brilliant child.
Let's all work to stay grounded during these difficult times.
When your child is having a hard time, chances are—you are too.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Let's all work to stay grounded during these difficult times.
When Connection is Scary
As a recovering strict parent, I had to learn this the hard way: sometimes the connection I was craving with my child was the very thing that overwhelmed their nervous system.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When Connection is Scary
What if your "attention-seeking" child is simply needing to connect?
S. Abigail McCarrel: Welcome Home Family Therapy
When you're parenting a child with big feelings or baffling behaviors—especially one who's neurodivergent, gifted, or has a trauma history—it’s easy to feel worn thin. You’re doing your best, but the....
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June 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What if your "attention-seeking" child is simply needing to connect?
My latest parenting blog, for your reading pleasure.
When I first became a parent, I thought my job was to stop the crying.
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June 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My latest parenting blog, for your reading pleasure.
Life of a recovering strict parent and child therapist.
I used to think that being a good parent meant being firm, consistent, and in control at all times.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Life of a recovering strict parent and child therapist.
Safety is more important than ever now. Check out my post about creating safety in your family.
As parents, we often feel like we’re on a constant quest to connect with our children—especially when their behavior feels distant or overwhelming.
As parents, we often feel like we’re on a constant quest to connect with our children—especially when their behavior feels distant or overwhelming. It’s exhausting when your efforts to understand them...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Safety is more important than ever now. Check out my post about creating safety in your family.
Check out my latest blog on the true meaning of your child's meltdown.
As a therapist and a recovering strict parent, this quote speaks directly to what I’ve come to understand about the nervous system.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Check out my latest blog on the true meaning of your child's meltdown.
Check out my latest blog on how moms are doing when they have struggling children.
I’ve lived this truth, both as a mom and as a therapist walking alongside other parents.
I’ve lived this truth, both as a mom and as a therapist walking alongside other parents. Moms are only as happy as our unhappiest child. When our child hurts, we hurt. When they’re struggling, we feel...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Check out my latest blog on how moms are doing when they have struggling children.
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CIVIC SUNDAYS -TRUTH BOMB BRIEFING WITH JOHANNA SIEGMANN · Civic Sundays
Civic Sundays LA is having a Truth Bomb Briefing, led by Johanna Siegmann, previewing a new way of communicating that meets the moment. This is a virtual event and will be held over Zoom on alternati...
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April 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm attending Civic Sundays's event, “CIVIC SUNDAYS -TRUTH BOMB BRIEFING WITH JOHANNA SIEGMANN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/civicsundays...
Check out my new post on parenting your child's nervous system.
As a recovering strict parent and longtime therapist, I used to think my child’s outbursts—or their total shutdowns—were just “bad behavior.
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April 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Check out my new post on parenting your child's nervous system.
Check out my new blog post on the healing power of connection.
After thirty years as a therapist—and just as many as a recovering strict parent—I can tell you, this quote rings deeply true.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Check out my new blog post on the healing power of connection.