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CFCG Therapists Recommend…Gifts for the Holidays
With so many gift-giving opportunities during the upcoming holidays, parents can feel overwhelmed. Most kids already have too many toys....
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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Questions to Ask Your Insurance Company
To find out more about your coverage, phone your provider before your first session with us. Be sure to get the name of the person you’re...
Nov 12, 20192 min read
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Parenting is Hard
By Angela Dube, LMFT I’m just going to say it: Parenting is HARD. Probably the hardest thing we do in our lives. I know, you knew that...
Oct 12, 20193 min read
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Creating a Behavioral Reward System That Actually Works
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, LMFT “Rewards don’t work! We tried that, and it didn’t help at all!” “He’s only...
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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How to Target Behaviors You Want to Change
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, LMFT Are you stuck in the same arguments with your child, over and over? When...
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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When Everything is a Battle: Dealing with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviors
By Rachel Martin, AMFT Supervised by Marté J. Matthews, MA, LMFT Has just getting your child out of the house in the morning turned into...
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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When it Comes to Parenting, Advice is NOT “One Size Fits All”
By Inda Brink, LMFT Years ago, a mom in my mother’s group asked the group for advice. She admitted her child was a picky eater. My ears...
Apr 15, 20192 min read
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Summer Camp Plans…It really isn’t too soon!
By Marté J. Matthews, LMFT In the middle of March, summer plans are furthest from our minds, but really this is a good time to think...
Mar 18, 20194 min read
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Gentle Discipline for the Young Child
By Marté J. Matthews, LMFT “The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways,” from Russell Barkley,...
Jan 11, 20193 min read
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Feeling Stressed About the Holidays?
By Beth Proudfoot, LMFT One helpful way to look at stress is to think of it as a buildup in your body of the chemicals your brain puts...
Oct 31, 20183 min read
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Mindful Parenting: Being the Parents We Want to Be
By Angela Dube, LMFT We have all been there: the moment we have gotten so frustrated and said and did things to our children, spouses, or...
Oct 30, 20182 min read
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Building Emotional Intelligence
By Angela Dube, LMFT “Turn that frown upside down.” “Don’t worry, be happy.” “Boys don’t cry.” “Don’t be a baby.” Our society desperately...
Oct 30, 20182 min read
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Teaching Our Children about Consent and Body Safety
By Angela Dube, LMFT #metoo Kavanaugh, Brock Turner, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein These days we are hearing a lot sexual harassment,...
Oct 11, 20182 min read
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ABC's of CBT
By Angela Dube, LMFT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is all the rage these days in the therapy world. Pediatricians love to recommend...
Oct 4, 20182 min read
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Healing from Sexual Abuse
By Angela Dube, LMFT The news is saturated with stories about sexual abuse recently, Kavanaugh and Ford case, the Catholic Church...
Oct 4, 20183 min read
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Parenting from the Heart - Emotional Intelligence and Putting it to Work!
By Inda H. Brink, LMFT “The boys usually get along, but recently they argue about nonsense, grab each other’s stuff and have a lot of...
Sep 14, 20182 min read
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Guest speaker! Topics: Getting Over Underachievement & Looking Ahead to College
We are excited to introduce Melody Lowman, MA, a Family Life and Educational Consultant who will be presenting on two important topics....
Aug 16, 20182 min read
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How long is therapy going to take?
By Marté Matthews, LMFT Finding a therapist for your children can be a stressful process. Parents calling Child & Family Counseling Group...
Aug 7, 20183 min read
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With Serious Food Allergies, When Should A Parent Consider Child Counseling?
We are so proud of Marté Matthews, LMFT, our Clinical Director for being a guest writer for the FARE website. In her blog post she helps...
Aug 7, 20181 min read
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Zen Parenting
By Beth Proudfoot, LMFT Did you ever have a boss who yelled at her employees all the time? Did you respect her? When you left a meeting...
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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