In Between

This episode discusses parenting with pre-teens and teens and how to navigate the changes in parenting at this age and stage. Blair Hensen shares three changes you can make to slow down the power struggle and make different choices for you and your child, whether they are 4 years old or 18 years old. Kids and teens are more likely to come to us as adults if they know they are not going to lose love. Listen in and learn more!

In this podcast from Evan Center of Center Counseling in Bozeman, MT, Evan talks about the importance of seeing children and teens for who they are.

In this teen tidbit from Evan Center of Center Counseling in Bozeman, MT, Evan talks about those things that many teens say at one point or another… and how you, as a parent, should interpret those statements and how to respond.

Evan Center, LCPC, shares how to use Family Meetings to decrease chaos, improve communication, and repair conflicts, not to mention foster executive functioning in your teen.

Today, Evan Center, LCPC, shares steps to creating a smoother and more connecting and restorative holiday break with your teen and the whole family.

This month Evan Center, LCPC, discusses some of the psychology behind your teen’s symptoms of Senioritis and some strategies for parents of seniors.

This week, Evan Center shares a new way to think about and approach situations when your teen lies. Listen to find out how to handle your teen’s next lie.

This week, Evan Center discusses power placement in the family dynamic and how allowing your teen too much decision making power can not only cause dysfunction within the family, but produce anxiety in your teen.

This week, Evan discusses her visit with Rick Hanson and his discoveries of thought patterns and their impact on brain structure. Evan illustrates that brain structure can actually be changed through brain exercises and positive thinking. This can be valuable in easing stress and anxiety when observing teen behavior and determining outcomes.

In this podcast, Evan Center talks about the urge to fix situations and relieve uncomfortable emotions in our children… And how to approach this differently with teens. She calls it the “un-fix fix.” Listen to find out how to respond when your teen runs up against a problem or difficult emotion.