Emotions are central to most, if not all, mental health concerns, and this is particularly true in the case of disordered eating and eating disorders. Disordered eating behaviours often serve to ...

Imagine that you are a 4-year-old again, and your grandparents gave you a beautiful golden teddy bear with a bright red ribbon around its neck. You took this teddy bear with you everywhere and it was ...

With authoritative parenting, you can address how your child is feeling while still firmly sticking with the boundaries you’ve set. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) If you’re ...

You end your session feeling great. You were listened to, supported, and validated in all your choices. Yet week after week, nothing changes. You’re still in the same unhealthy relationship, stuck at ...

Radical acceptance is a strategy that can help parents when their child has a tantrum or a meltdown. It involves validating your child's emotions and allowing them to process what they are feeling, ...

Validating someone’s emotions means acknowledging them. You are not agreeing or disagreeing with the feelings; you are demonstrating that you hear the other person. You likely have noticed that logic ...

When parents strive to raise emotionally aware, communicative children, the outcome often looks ideal from the outside: kids who are loved, supported and encouraged. But according to a graduate ...