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Helpful Tips For Your Anxious Teen

by Jenny Palmiotto | Mar 5, 2021 | Anxiety, Teens, Young Adults | 0 Comments

Many times teens experience anxiety in ways that we may pass off as “being a teen.” Teens may experience debilitating anxiety and not know that those physiological symptoms are in fact anxiety; so they may not alert you to their symptoms. Anxiety is treatable. We can help.

Self Forgiveness And Breaking Away From Comparison

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Feb 23, 2021 | Self Love, self-compassion | 0 Comments

As humans, we tend to compare ourselves to others, especially on social media platforms. But when do comparisons become unhealthy and how do you break away from it?

Virtual Support Group

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Feb 18, 2021 | Events, Petaluma | 0 Comments

Please join Janice March, Parent Educator at The Family Guidance and Therapy Center, Petaluma for a free virtual support group for parents of Neurodiverse (ASD, SPD, and ADHD) Children in Sonoma County.

Loving Yourself When the World Is Judging You

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Feb 8, 2021 | Self Love, self-compassion | 0 Comments

There is nobody in the world that knows you better than yourself, and this is the foundation for how you can and should love yourself when you are in the middle of a big life change and feeling as if the world is judging you.

How a Collective Experience Can Strengthen Our Community

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Jan 25, 2021 | Growth, Kindness to Others, Resilience | 0 Comments

The pandemic has led to loneliness and sadness through sickness, loss of life, economic hardship, and social distancing, but it has also produced a positive outcome in its wake, a powerful strengthening experience and opportunity in both our own selves and collectively in our communities.

Feeling Guilty: Coronavirus Survivor

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Jan 11, 2021 | Anxiety, Self Care, self-compassion | 0 Comments

Practice self-compassion by acknowledging your guilt and giving it a name. Or call it what the world has tagged it—survivor’s guilt (i.e., pandemic guilt, coronavirus guilt, thriver guilt). This will help you to take the pressure off yourself.

A New Beginning

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Dec 28, 2020 | Living with Purpose, Resilience, Self Care | 0 Comments

To step into any new beginning, we must dump off any ‘heavyweights’ that can prevent us from moving forward. So, prepare to release what you cannot personally change.

Juggling the New Normal for the Holidays

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Dec 19, 2020 | Holidays | 0 Comments

How is COVID impacting your 2020 Holidays and how are you managing to juggle the impact the virus has had on the season for you and your family?

Coping with Coronavirus Blues

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Dec 14, 2020 | Anxiety, Resilience, Self Care | 0 Comments

Use preventive measures to ward off the virus, and then file your worries away. The more you worry, the more it can eat away at your mental health and your immune system. Remember, you are okay right now.

Feeling Thankful for What Exactly?

by The Family Guidance and Therapy Center | Nov 27, 2020 | Growth, Values | 0 Comments

Our lives may feel out of control due to the pandemic, economic instability and the political climate. What is there to be thankful for this year?

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