Leslie Cohen-Rubury

Leslie Cohen-Rubury Therapist | Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Is My Child A Monster? A Parenting Therapy Podcast 🎙️

Leslie Cohen-Rubury works with children, teens and adults in a variety of therapeutic contexts. She offers Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy and DBT Skills Group Therapy. Leslie frequently presents parenting workshops, lectures and offers parenting support groups. Leslie offers consultation to schools and other organizations.

It’s our 100th episode! Join Leslie and her daughter Dale as they talk about the importance of validation in parenting a...
09/15/2025

It’s our 100th episode! Join Leslie and her daughter Dale as they talk about the importance of validation in parenting and celebrate this enormous milestone for Is My Child a Monster? A Parenting Skills Podcast!

To quote “social media is drastically impacting young people’s mental health, focus, social skills, productivity and se...
08/13/2025

To quote “social media is drastically impacting young people’s mental health, focus, social skills, productivity and self-worth.” This week on Is My Child a Monster? A Parenting Podcast, Leslie has a conversation with Max, a poet, performer, and educator on the impact of social media and technology on kids. He talks about the reality of phones and social media compassionately, and how parents do indeed have to deal with this reality because it’s not going away. Max increases our understanding of how social media is designed to keep kids (and us) on our “everything machines”. He offers practical solutions to work on and hopes to create a common language between parents and their kids. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

Do you need help managing overwhelm? Parenting is an overwhelming job with endless meals, cleanups, and activities. On t...
07/15/2025

Do you need help managing overwhelm? Parenting is an overwhelming job with endless meals, cleanups, and activities. On top of that, there’s the general overwhelm we’re all feeling in our current world.

This week on Is My Child a Monster? A Parenting Skill Podcast, host Leslie Cohen-Rubury speaks with DBT expert Dr. Kiki Fehling. We discuss the transformative impact of DBT on Kiki’s life and the lives of her clients. Join us to learn DBT skills to help with the overwhelmed, including Mindfulness, TIPP, and Opposite Action Skills. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

When parents don’t see eye to eye about something it can create a lot of conflict, but its important to look at situatio...
07/14/2025

When parents don’t see eye to eye about something it can create a lot of conflict, but its important to look at situations from as many different angles as possible. Then we can learn to see the value in both perspectives. Listen now to Krystal and Burt’s final session on Is My Child a Monster? where communication is key. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

There are a lot of factors that affect the job of parenting - especially your relationship with your co-parent. And the ...
06/27/2025

There are a lot of factors that affect the job of parenting - especially your relationship with your co-parent. And the reality is raising kids doesn’t save marriages — it can actually expose underlying stress and tension — and your kids are going to pick up on that.

This week’s episode starts much like the Anna sessions - all about sibling rivalry. But this session uncovers a different root cause - relationship tension and parental overwhelm. We talk about how important it is for co-parents to connect with each other, and to take time to focus on their relationship - not just on parenting. That might sound cliche but connection really is that important.

Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

There is so much fear in parenting, it just comes with the territory. Fear of kids fighting, fear of kids growing up too...
06/12/2025

There is so much fear in parenting, it just comes with the territory. Fear of kids fighting, fear of kids growing up too fast, fear of kids being influenced by peer pressure and engaging in behaviors that upset you. — AND when we let our fear influence our parenting, it takes us off course from our parenting goals. In this weeks episode of Is My Child a Monster? I dive into managing fear in my final session with Anna. Available wherever you find podcasts.

This week on Is My Child a Monster? we meet Anna, a stay-at-home mother of three, who spends her days home schooling her...
06/06/2025

This week on Is My Child a Monster? we meet Anna, a stay-at-home mother of three, who spends her days home schooling her children, eight-year-old Sasha, five-year-old Kate and two-year-old Daniel. Anna is at her wit’s end. Her children are constantly fighting with each other for her attention. And she keeps hearing that all too common accusation, “You love her more than you love me.” Anna knows that’s not true, but she doesn’t know what to do about it, and everything she’s trying just isn’t helping. So she’s here to work with me on some new strategies. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

How does trauma, PTSD and chronic invalidating impact your parenting? How can you work toward changing these patterns? J...
05/27/2025

How does trauma, PTSD and chronic invalidating impact your parenting? How can you work toward changing these patterns? Join me and Dr. Lorie Ritschel, a board certified dialectic behavior therapist and expert trainer and consultant of DBT and the DBT Prolonged Exposure protocol, to learn more. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

There are a lot of reasons why people put off or avoid therapy all together. Cost is a factor, availability - and in thi...
05/15/2025

There are a lot of reasons why people put off or avoid therapy all together. Cost is a factor, availability - and in this case - fear and shame. So many people postpone, delay, deny, or just avoid going all together. In this weeks episode of Is My Child a Monster? A Parenting Skills Podcast I talk with Nicky and AJ about barriers to seeking therapy and how to have effective conversations about hard topics like this using dialectic behavior therapy skills. Out now wherever you get your podcasts!

The first step to making change is recognizing the pattern that needs changing. But that alone is not enough. And someti...
05/07/2025

The first step to making change is recognizing the pattern that needs changing. But that alone is not enough. And sometimes you need help to figure out what that next step to making change is. Learn more in this weeks episode, available wherever you get your podcasts!

The tension and frustration between your past and your present is both your biggest challenge and your greatest opportun...
04/29/2025

The tension and frustration between your past and your present is both your biggest challenge and your greatest opportunity for growth. How you were parented and how you are parenting is often in conflict whether you realize it or not. Finding understanding is a path forward. Learn more in this weeks episode of Is My Child a Monster? A Parenting Skills Podcast. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

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04/23/2025

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