How To Decrease Environmental Anxiety in your Child
What HBO's Big Little Lies taught us about climate change anxiety Climate change has been an increasingly prevalent topic of conversation...
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Lexie Sikes, LMSW
- Jul 8, 2019
- 3 min
Helping Children Cope with Divorce
How to navigate the decision to proceed with a divorce with your child's best interest in mind. By Lexie Sikes, LMSW Therapist, HeadFirst...
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HeadFirst Counseling, Dallas TX
- Jul 23, 2017
- 5 min
Monkey See Monkey Do: 5 Ways to Create More Empathetic Children
5 Ways to Create More Empathetic Children Are you a parent that wants to cultivate a sensitive side to your child? Monkey see monkey do...
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Laura McLaughlin, M. Ed., LPC, RPT
- Jun 9, 2017
- 4 min
How to Increase Your Child's Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
Raising resilient and positive children by fostering their development of self-esteem and self-worth. Self-esteem is essential for...
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Laura McLaughlin, M. Ed., LPC, RPTd., LPC, RPT
- May 15, 2017
- 4 min
Understanding Your Three Year Old
Help! There is a Threenager in My Home! As your child transitions from 3 to 3 ½, the cooperative, easy going attitude of your child seems...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Apr 14, 2017
- 4 min
To Worry, or Not to Worry- Overcoming Childhood Anxiety
Learn the tell-tale signs of childhood anxiety and ways to respond to encourage growth and resolution within your child. Childhood...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Feb 20, 2017
- 5 min
How to Survive a Temper Tantrum
How to Survive a Temper Tantrum: Learning to Connect to Your Child Before You Redirect Kids cry. A lot. Sometimes they cry for no...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Feb 5, 2017
- 5 min
Should my Kid Learn to Code?
Coding and Kids- How to Parent in a Technology Focused World When to introduce your child to coding games and intellectually stimulating...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Jan 30, 2017
- 4 min
Play Helps Your Child Learn and Grow
Unstructured Play Time and Healthy Brain Development Using play to help your child reach optimal development. Children are born with an...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Jan 17, 2017
- 2 min
Recognizing Signs of Childhood Anxiety
Learn to recognize signs of anxiety in your child. Does your child complain of frequent headaches or stomach aches? If a visit to the...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Jan 1, 2017
- 3 min
Setting an Intention to Connect with Your Child
Setting an Intention to Connect with Your Child Make 2017 the year that you bring playfulness back to parenting and reconnect with your...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Dec 22, 2016
- 2 min
Why This Christmas Gift Hack Made My Heart Break
Why This Christmas Gift Hack Made My Heart Break When it comes to getting children to behave, threatening them or using external rewards...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Dec 13, 2016
- 2 min
Creative Arts Expression for Increased Regulation and Creativity in Children
Increase your child's sense of imagination and creativity with expressive arts activities. Children are born to explore their world. They...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Nov 21, 2016
- 2 min
Increased Family Time Leading to Increased Stress and Conflict.
How to cope with family conflict this holiday season. Sometimes too much family time can be a bad thing. Some families delight in the...
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Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT
- Oct 7, 2016
- 2 min
October 2016 National Bullying Prevention Month
Efforts to Decrease Bullying in Dallas, TX www.stompoutbullying.org It is a known fact that bullying is widespread. It is in our schools,...
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Laura McLaughlin, M. Ed., LPC, RPTd., LPC, RPT
- Sep 11, 2016
- 2 min
More Playtime for Better Academic Achievement
More Recess Time Leads to Better Focus and Academic Performance at School As a play therapist, I am constantly talking to parents and...
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Laura McLaughlin, M. Ed., LPC, RPT
- Aug 15, 2016
- 2 min
Parenting and Adoption Resources in Dallas, TX- HeadFirst Counseling
Parenting and Adoption Resources in Dallas, TX- HeadFirst Counseling There has been a lot of talk during the Rio Olympics regarding...
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Laura McLaughlin, LPC, RPT
- Apr 25, 2016
- 4 min
Keep Your Kids Safe- Learn Ways to Prevent & Protect from Sexual Abuse
April- Sexual Assault Awareness Month This blog post is dedicated to the topic of sexual assault and sexual abuse in honor of April being...
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Laura McLaughlin, LPC, RPT
- Apr 11, 2016
- 3 min
What is Play Therapy
What is Play Therapy? This is one of the most common questions that gets asked at the HeadFirst office: What exactly is play therapy? Is...
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