Amy Johanna Sjoholm, LLC

01/07/2018

Please stop letting children play this game! More often than not this comes up in therapy sessions as I see hyper vigilant children. Most parents don’t understand his game and how it influences children. This is a great article to educate yourself.

Recently, I've heard about children who are afraid to go to sleep after playing the video game, 5 Nights at Freddy's. Find out what makes it so scary.

12/07/2017

THIS is a beautiful video of how to connect with your child and help them understand their own emotions. This father has this completely figured out. You must watch this!

11/26/2017

More on validating feelings!

Parenting is acknowledging children’s feelings. Not dismissing. Not minimizing. Just acknowledging.

11/24/2017

11/16/2017

We've created an environment that fosters anxiety rather than resilience.

11/15/2017

This common characteristic of autism is actually pretty complicated.

11/09/2017

New research suggests that parenting styles can influence kids biologically and influence emotional control. Investigators found that less yelling, criticism and other harsh parenting approaches, including physical punishment, has the power to calm children with attention deficit hyperactivity disor...

11/08/2017

Most of us hope that we know what physical child abuse looks like, and how we could detect it. But emotional abuse of children by parents is a problem too, and the signs and symptoms can be a lot more difficult to detect by an outside observer — even…

11/05/2017

11/01/2017

Great advice parents on bullying!

10/14/2017

Great article! What it boils down to, parents, is to provide as much free time as you can for your kids to play. We need to be considerate of NOT overwhelming our children with so many activities. JUST LET THEM PLAY. In hindsight this article also supports Non-directive play therapy as a means of working through anxiety and depression. It's NOT just play! It's SO much more!

There’s a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever.

10/11/2017