Kim Washam LLC- Marriage, Family, Individual Counseling

11/17/2021

Watch your kids !!

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) are joining together to declare a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health. The challenges facing children and adolescents are so widespread that we call on policymakers at a...

11/15/2021

02/11/2021

Our family members and close friends are the bones and vital organs of our social selves. Here’s the reason why many of us now feel jagged, vulnerable and in shambles: We’re missing the connective tissue. The guy at work who also loves Marvel movies. The barista who knows how much cream we take. Our brother’s best friend’s wife, who always gets our jokes. Our son’s buddies at preschool, who give us pretend hot lava to drink every morning. (Tip: Cool it down with a pretend fire extinguisher.) We miss them. We miss the affirmation. The sense of belonging to a much bigger world. The ability to see ourselves from someone else’s perspective. These interactions tend to have a regulating effect on our egos and act as a dampener for the echo chambers in our heads. Navigating relationships with acquaintances keeps us steady. It also gives us a regular excuse to bathe. Remove that psychological infrastructure, and we can get seriously wobbly (and gamey). Amanda Mull of The Atlantic fleshes out the dangers of this condition and counsels that we need to start preparing to re-establish our ties to humanity.

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There’s a reason you miss the people you didn’t even know that well.

07/08/2020

There is so much to be anxious about right now, this article helps with some tips !

During this time of national crisis, we must manage two things simultaneously: 1) Protect ourselves from the Coronavirus, and 2) Protect ourselves from anxiety. If your anxiety, fear, and worry has been overwhelming, put these ten strategies into practice.

05/20/2020

This is a great way to start discussing our differing levels of risk with Covid -19 as we open back up.

The coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, or sometimes just “novel coronavirus,” is a new strain of a previously known class of viruses. When…

03/24/2020

This is a great article.

https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR3pzmQsObTpNIlv0qL_LyyN6Rtx0j5RYEO0YZ8efqe_Yz9Qtmie0D43lAo

03/17/2020

This is really stressful ! Check out these tips.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

03/04/2020

Learning how to accept and understand your childhood trauma is a journey that takes a lifetime.

01/31/2020

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200121-why-procrastination-is-about-managing-emotions-not-time

Address the real reasons you procrastinate and you’re more likely to start achieving your goals.

12/22/2019

The holidays are a time for recognizing our profound fullness, of purposefully dwelling on the abundant overflow we find ourselves in and being grateful for it. Our houses and our bellies bulge to capacity, and we gleefully overindulge in food and friends and laughter. We fill ourselves to bursting....

09/19/2019

Parents of teens and beyond, if you haven't run into this website yet...Check it out !

05/02/2019

Families with tweens and teens listen up!
Do you feel like you are losing your mind while being terrified your child has no idea who they are ? Welcome, I'm talking to you.
We must resist the urge to not let them explore who they are and what they think apart from us. If identity is not achieved well in this stage it can lead to a delayed "identity crisis" often in the middle years when the fallout is much more painful.
Reach out and freak out to your support system as we all white knuckle this together !

Identity foreclosure occurs when a person settles on a sense of self too soon. Learn what identity foreclosure means for children, tweens, and teens.