Dr. Rachael Silverman, Board Certified Psychologist

10/23/2025

The problem: how to being raised by a
Kathleen Saxton has written a about with a or who is , , exploitative and lacking in . She discusses how to recognise the signs – and

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Psychotherapist Kathleen Saxton has written a book about growing up with a mother or father who is grandiose, entitled, exploitative and lacking in empathy. She discusses how to recognise the signs – and recover

10/21/2025

What Can Do to a

A large-scale study offers on how divorce affects

It’s widely understood that divorce can be difficult for but the it can do to a had not been widely researched. A new large-scale study offers fresh insights

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202509/what-divorce-does-to-childrens-development-new-insights?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost&fbclid=IwZnRzaANRCfJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrMUmLcJFybKNcnrysNykbnKq9NkZBRigJV8QJ2XQJlBYXQKlEyC_8NCwr6Z_aem_Pn5NuaAJHarT5NX4OvAkWg

Thank you Psychology Today

Children of divorce do seem more likely to fall behind.

10/19/2025

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10/15/2025

What Really Is (and How to It)

When we see ourselves clearly, we are more and more . We also make better and more

https://hbr.org/2018/01/what-self-awareness-really-is-and-how-to-cultivate-it?tpcc=orgsocial_edit&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaANBrl1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi5yC0uFXPZUzPSL19ts11u8jwAynNyDOSEg1d2WUpQgtzv4DgssNaJksFAr_aem_muCKx4jeXiit7kKl0WEKyg

Thank you Harvard Business Review

Although most people believe that they are self-aware, true self-awareness is a rare quality. In this piece, the author describes a recent large-scale investigation that shed light on some of the biggest roadblocks, myths, and truths about what self-awareness really is — and what it takes to culti...

10/14/2025

Ways to Handle a

Get and on how to a an most with at one time or another.

If you're with a defiant child, there are several ways to their over time. Keep for helpful and practical advice on how to handle and remember that this is an issue most parents deal with at one time or another.

https://www.parents.com/ways-to-handle-a-defiant-child-8640392?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=68ce5f04dc7e980001b2e46e&utm_campaign=parents&utm_content=bestof_12mon&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZnRzaAM7bl9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmbRAfU_a7wETj4wfgQuig8Ojgi4WvSANyhZf1wUjNw0g8QLTYNA0IXRGbkW_aem_h3_jFd5bUhGJM50Is3trlA

If you're dealing with a defiant child, there are several ways to help improve their behavior over time. Keep reading for helpful and practical advice on how to handle defiance, and remember that this is an issue most parents deal with at one time or another.

10/13/2025

Our Of Our Own and

How our fears and as can really with our ability to be parents and to raise teens

https://parentingteensandtweens.com/loving-our-teens-means-letting-go-of-our-own-fears-and-control-issues/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANHWqpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuCgoUSbOBWyTopr53ypDg-LZg_afIe7jmClL70p6yhnaQJiIHzMyYdA8VLJ_aem_ezOcpemAM0-Me148855fmw

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As our kids become teens it can be hard to not let our fears push us into wanting to control them, but loving them means letting go.

10/07/2025

Is About How You Not How You

We that the longer we it out, the more we will be. But this just isn't

Thank you Harvard Business Review

https://hbr.org/2016/06/resilience-is-about-how-you-recharge-not-how-you-endure?tpcc=orgsocial_edit&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaAMzcRtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsz1xxv72ThRMwNDG4nNqbIgSaFZLVyO0IgcfTyJjN21rbb2tt8UfRLJ-LCd_aem_jXZTCwDQxdk0CtF7c0_9UA

After working hard for long hours and toughing it out, we at least expect success. However, more often than not, at the end of the day we are exhausted and still have a long list of tasks to complete. Why does this happen? According to the authors, working adults have a fundamental misunderstanding....

10/06/2025

This is the single you’re making that’s your says

Thank you CNBC and Dr. Daniel Amen

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/23/psychiatrist-the-no-1-mistake-youre-making-thats-hurting-your-brain.html?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=68d334afba2aba0001fe5d95&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaANBM61leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpeXWTrCd__2sCeNS_URUjlLXtrbhkD1ixHPn_VeFGO_BRpvPte0ueydSOew_aem_jYzL0D1hvbEtuGgXuCsT_g

To improve brain health, people should focus on avoiding this mistake and incorporating these 12 practices instead, says psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen.

10/05/2025

won’t go away? Maybe you are from

stress can affect both your and . based such as setting , seeking , improving , and prioritizing can help you

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Learn more:

Chronic stress, which is constant and persists over an extended period of time, can be debilitating and overwhelming.

10/05/2025

How &

(RSD) is and by the that a person has been or by people in their . It may also be triggered by a sense of short— to meet their own or others’

Thank you ADDitude

Rejection sensitive dysphoria, or RSD, can mean extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain for people with ADHD or ADD — and it may imitate mood disorders with suicidal ideation and manifest as instantaneous rage at the person responsible for causing the pain. Learn more about ways to manage...

10/03/2025

6 to (like )

The (AAP) backed up by many different studies from the last two — strongly NOT to use spanking, , , , , , or

Thank you parentstogether and ParentsTogether

https://parents-together.org/6-reasons-yelling-and-spanking-dont-work/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAM3j-lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHqMZqLuh7EMxs3kbyLG0URgbg29WPSa0wzWl8Rq2sGafske6viVrKlPcSJrv_aem_0doCYqQF3O6EWu7GLGkJvw

Here are just some of the evidence-based reasons to avoid harsh punishment methods such as spanking, threats, and humiliation.