Mindsoother Therapy Center

08/29/2025

🌟 Parenting a teen with BIG emotions can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to do it alone. 🌟

✨ Join our FREE workshop: From Chaos to Coping: How DBT Can Help Your Child Regulate and Grow ✨

In this introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for parents, you’ll learn:
💡 How DBT helps teens manage intense emotions & reduce conflict
💡 Practical tools for distress tolerance, emotional regulation & coping
💡 Strategies to strengthen relationships & create a calmer home

Give your child (and yourself) the skills to move from chaos ➝ coping ➝ connection 💕

📅 September 18 l 7-8PM EST
🔗 Sign up today at

Parenting a child or teen with big emotions can feel overwhelming and isolating. This engaging workshop introduces parents to the core concepts of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and how it helps adolescents build emotional resilience, reduce impulsive behaviors, and strengthen relationships. Lea...

08/25/2025

Meet Our Therapists at Mindsoother! Meet Erica, a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who's passionate about providing affirming care to children, teens, families, couples, adults, and groups through a systemic therapy and social justice lens. She utilizes an integrative approach, pulling from different modalities such as DBT, ERP, CBT, and is specially trained to support the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition to all of that, she also leads the Middle School DBT Skills Group. She is a gem of a person and Mindsoother and her clients are very lucky to have her. 💚

08/13/2025

🌡️ Understanding Your Emotional Temperature 🌡️
Emotions aren’t just feelings—they’re your mind’s way of telling you what matters most. Sometimes, emotions feel like a warm glow; other times, they can boil over like a hot stove.
In DBT, we recognize that:
✨ Emotions are important signals, not enemies.
✨ Your emotional temperature shows how intense your feelings are.
✨ Paying attention to this “temperature” helps you respond with skill, not react with overwhelm.
When your emotions run hot:
· Take a moment to pause and notice what you’re feeling.
· Use skills like TIP (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing) to cool down safely.
· Remember, feeling deeply means you’re human and connected to what matters.

07/29/2025

Meet Our Therapists at Mindsoother! Say hello to Melissa! Melissa is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience helping children, teens, adults, and families navigate life’s challenges — from anxiety and depression to ADHD and family stress. She brings warmth, wisdom, and a whole lot of heart to her work 💛

We’re so lucky to have her on our team!

07/25/2025

🎒 Free Parenting Webinar: "Behind the Backpack"
📅 August 27 | 12–1 PM EST
🔗 Click here to register! https://bit.ly/45eZeGf
As kids head back to school, it’s not just supplies they carry—it’s emotions, stress, and big transitions, too.
Join our supportive, practical, and empowering webinar to learn:
💬 How to spot signs of emotional stress in kids & teens
🧠 What emotional regulation really looks like at different ages
📅 Tools to ease daily transitions—from chaotic mornings to tired evenings
💪 How to build resilience, confidence, and open communication
Whether your child is anxious, overwhelmed, or just feeling off, this workshop will help you meet them with empathy and structure.
➡️ Register now and head into the school year feeling more prepared and connected!

07/14/2025

🧘‍♀️✨ What Is Mindfulness in DBT? ✨🧘‍♂️
(It’s not just about meditation.)
In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness is the foundation for all other skills. It means learning to:
👁️ Notice what’s happening in the moment—inside you and around you
🧠 Name your thoughts, feelings, and urges without judgment
💬 Respond, instead of reacting on autopilot
🌿 In DBT, mindfulness isn’t about "clearing your mind"—it’s about becoming aware of your mind so you can make wise, intentional choices.
DBT teaches two sets of mindfulness skills:
1️⃣ “What” Skills – What you do to be mindful
▪️ Observe
▪️ Describe
▪️ Participate
2️⃣ “How” Skills – How you practice mindfulness
▪️ Non-judgmentally
▪️ One-mindfully
▪️ Effectively
📍 Why it matters: For teens especially, mindfulness helps slow down emotional reactivity, build self-awareness, and increase control over behavior.
🧭 Mindfulness gives us a pause button—and in that pause, there's power.

07/11/2025

Please join us for our free Parenting Workshop on “You’re Not Alone: Navigating the Journey with Your Trans Child” next week!

Click here to register: https://bit.ly/406pkcA

Outpatient & Family Therapist, Erica Kokoszka, will provide support, information, and tools for parents and caregivers managing the mental and emotional journeys of parenting a transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender-expansive child or teen.

We hope to see you there!

07/01/2025

☀️ Summer Mindfulness: Savor the Season with Intention 🌿.

Summer invites us to slow down, soak in the sunshine, and reconnect—with ourselves and the world around us. Practicing mindfulness during this season can help ease anxiety, boost mood, and increase gratitude for life’s simple pleasures. 🌸

Here are a few ways to stay grounded this summer: ✨ Take a mindful walk—notice the warmth on your skin, the colors of the sky, the sounds of nature. 🍓 Eat seasonally—savor the taste and texture of fresh summer fruit. 🌊 Practice “five senses” grounding at the beach or poolside—what can you see, hear, feel, smell, and taste? 🧘‍♀️ Try breathwork outdoors—inhale the fresh air, exhale tension. This summer, let’s not just go through the motions—let’s be in the moment. 🌼 🌿

From all of us at Mindsoother Therapy Center, wishing you a calm, present, and joyful season.

06/26/2025

Your child’s gender identity might be confusing for both of you!

Being a parent is hard!

Here are some tips for navigating complex conversations regarding your child’s gender identity…

https://www.mindsoother.com/blog/listening-first-how-to-have-an-affirming-talk-about-gender-identity

06/03/2025

🏳️‍🌈 June is Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈
At Mindsoother Therapy Center, we proudly stand with the LGBTQ+ community — this month and every month. 💬💚
We recognize that living authentically takes strength, courage, and resilience.
We also know that mental health care must be affirming, inclusive, and compassionate.
Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), we support individuals in building skills for emotional regulation, self-acceptance, and navigating a world that doesn’t always feel validating.
✨ You are seen.
✨ You are valued.
✨ You are enough.
We celebrate your journey and honor your right to a life worth living.
If you’re looking for affirming DBT support, we’re here for you.https://www.mindsoother.com/schedule-a-phone-consultation

05/30/2025

Meet Our Therapists at Mindsoother! Jamie is an experienced therapist withh many years helping kids and teens with anxiety and OCD. To read more about her - visit:
https://www.mindsoother.com/meet-our-team-jamie-oconnor

05/29/2025

Free Virtual Parent Workshop! Learn simple, effective tools to help your child manage anxiety with confidence. Empower your family - calm starts at home. Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FNd5PBrSSxiSA6BAF1mQOg #/registration