by Elizabeth Brokamp | Apr 1, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Parenting, Uncategorized
You’re suddenly a homeschooling family, though not by choice. Feeling a little anxious? Seen the posts by stressed parents who, in addition to getting used to doing their jobs via Zoom, are also now part-time teachers? Being thrust into homeschooling or a...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 22, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression Treatment, Parenting
Coronavirus may mean missed senior days, proms, and graduations. How can we help our kids cope? You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t had some kind of cancellation due to the Coronavirus. As the parent of a high school senior, though, I am...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Mar 12, 2020 | Parenting
Knowing what to say to your children about coronavirus is hard. Every day, you are getting more and more frightening information about the spread of coronavirus. You don’t know whether or not your kids’ school is going to close, if your job is going to be...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Dec 29, 2014 | Depression Treatment, Parenting, Postpartum Depression
When a mother brings home a newborn, one of her primary responsibilities is to feed her baby and ensure the baby has enough nutrients to grow. When something unexpected disrupts her ability to do that, it can be a devastating blow — not only because of concern...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 12, 2014 | Parenting, Relationships, Self-Esteem
Most of my clients arrive at the conclusion that their mother is a narcissist through the back door. They come to therapy to uncover something about themselves: why they have such low self-esteem, how they can stop people-pleasing all of the time, or what they can do...
by Elizabeth Brokamp | Nov 10, 2014 | Depression Treatment, Parenting
A wise person once commented that a parent is only as happy as her unhappiest child. It can be an incredibly awful, helpless feeling when the child you love becomes someone you’re not sure you understand. One of the tricky things about depression in kids...
