De-coding a Defiant Teen’s Message to his Family
I had seen the Franklin family for about three sessions on zoom, and I still didn’t really have a handle
A Therapeutic Space for Individuals, Couples, and Families
I had seen the Franklin family for about three sessions on zoom, and I still didn’t really have a handle
It is virtually routine to give kids medications for ADHD. There is an industry organized around ADHD, well orchestrated, with abundant research to create the illusion of scientific certainty. But what happens when you look at the child’s behavior in the context of the family? What happens when parents, rather than being bystanders, are integral to the child’s treatment? What if the family becomes the patient? Check out this feel-good story.
All families have Rule Systems, but they may not even know it. In this case story, psychiatrist/family therapist Dave Keith treats a family with a child diagnosed with ADHD. Watch how he disrupts the Family Rule system. Good things happen for the child.
In this Opinion piece from today’s New York Times, Kim Brooks talks about the new movement in Mom-Shaming. She recounts
Dave: My riddle, “What is a child?” is still in the air. How we think about the questions is influenced