Anger – Emily Rittenberg, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

The Real Lesson in the Tantrum

Mindful parenting through children’s big emotional outbursts.

10 Thoughts on Bringing Mindfulness Into Your Home

Sharing mindfulness with your children and watch the ripple effects in both of your lives.

Confronting Independence

Everyone grows up with some level of attachment to our parents. In order to be able to have a healthy attachment to your child-which has multitudes of short term and long term health benefits to you both, one must be able to honestly assess their own emotional bond to their parents. One must ask, how did my parents do at keeping me safe, seen, secure and soothed?

Gift Yourself Presence to Your Heartache

I am in Fundamental Political Shock. Shocked, surprised and sad are just the beginning. Hurt, deceived, angry, and stupid are also some of the feelings. I want to hug my children and explain to them…explain what? Today we are just surviving. The first and last thing I want my kids to learn from today isContinue reading “Gift Yourself Presence to Your Heartache”

Helping Your Child Through Bold Anger: Crisis Management 101

The goal of any intervention is for the child to come away empowered and better able to self-regulate and solve problems without adult help. What one does not want to happen is for a power struggle to ensue.