New Way Counseling, PLLC

New Way Counseling, PLLC Providing Mental Health and Addiction Counseling through individual, couples and group sessions to children, adolescents, adults and elderly.

06/20/2025

🤔 Ever notice your child clinging to you more than usual, asking for extra hugs, or resisting bedtime unless you’re nearby? 👇

🫂These aren’t “bad behaviors”—they're bids for connection.

Children don’t always have the words to say “I need you,” so they express it through actions:
🔹 They interrupt your work or follow you room to room
🔹 They suddenly need more cuddles or reassurance
🔹 They want you to watch this! every 5 minutes
🔹 They resist going to bed unless you’re close
🔹 They’re more emotional or sensitive than usual

💞These are all signs that your child is craving connection, not trying to make things harder.

🧠 Developmentally, children are wired for attachment. When that connection feels distant—even briefly—their behavior ramps up as a signal. Research shows that secure attachment directly shapes a child’s emotional regulation, behavior, and long-term resilience (Sroufe et al., 2005).

📚 In fact, a 2013 study by Feldman found that sensitive and attuned caregiving—like responding to these subtle cues—actually promotes better brain development in the areas responsible for empathy and emotional control.

So the next time your child melts down or clings a little tighter, try asking yourself:

🤔What connection might they be missing right now?

😊Often, just 10 minutes of undivided attention—a snuggle, a puzzle, or playful eye contact—can refill their emotional cup.

Because when kids feel emotionally safe, they behave better, cope better, and grow stronger. Connection isn’t just soft—it’s science. 🧠❤️

11/21/2024

The best gift you can give someone is to be fully present with them. “Presence” means your full attention is on the moment, and whomever you’re with — not thinking about your day, or what you’ll say next. Practicing mindfulness daily will quiet your mind, calm your body, and raise your energetic vibration, which means more good vibes, less bad times.

Give your brain a gift by trying this simple mindfulness practice, today. (And tomorrow. And the next day. And the one after that. And so on . . . )

Follow Self-Care.Tips to discover more ways to make healthy living simple.

Su***de Prevention starts with awareness 💙
09/13/2024

Su***de Prevention starts with awareness 💙

Here are tips to help someone who may be in crisis.

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09/13/2024

September is Su***de Awareness month. Please know that despite what your mind is telling you, you are loved and this pain will pass. Sometimes life can be difficult to navigate and it can be difficult to see a light in the dark, but if you keep fighting for your happiness you may come realize the light was inside you just needing to be ignited. Stay

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Knightdale, NC

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Monday 5:30pm - 8pm
Tuesday 5:30pm - 8pm
Wednesday 5:30pm - 8pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5pm

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+19196792230

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