skills Archives

Relational-Cultural Therapy: Getting Started

Join us for an Relational-Cultural Therapy training session covering relational assessment, initial sessions, and consultation calls. We assess current and past relational patterns and skills, barriers to connection, and personal and/or cultural trauma, while creating a safe place for our relationship to grow. RCT seeks to initiate healing through growth-fostering relationships. As clinicians, we need to articulate how connection heals in order to set the foundation for our work. How do we assess current and […]

Assuming Pro-social Intent

One of the key pieces of positive discipline is the idea of assuming positive intent. This means that no matter how your child behaves, you set your default interpretation to something positive.

Helping with rough behavior

Babies don’t have the skills necessary to communicate or imagine consequences. Even when we understand what they are trying to say, we aren’t always able to meet their demands.