Family Roots Podcast
The Family Roots Podcast is a podcast about parenting and mental health. Hosted by two child and family therapists, we dive deep into all the topics and questions that parents may have. We talk about how to raise emotionally healthy, resilient kids and how to take care of your own mental health as a parent.
Episodes
Kaleigh and Stephanie chat about Positive Discipline as a parenting approach - what it means (and doesn't), and how we use it in our personal lives and with clients.
https://www.positivediscipline.com/
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Emily Ehlers, QMHP joins Kaleigh and Stephanie to provide guidance on what parents report is one of the most anxiety-inducing conversations that they never want to have: how to teach kids about sex.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Resources: How to be an Askable Parent
American Sexual Health Association ASSECT Sex Certified Educations, Counselors, and Therapists Planned Parenthood Sex Posit...
Keely C. Helmick, LPC joins Kaleigh and Stephanie to discuss the complexities of having a sex life as a parent, whether dating or in a relationship.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Jana DeCristofaro, LCSW, of the Dougy Center in Portland, OR joins Kaleigh and Stephanie to discuss how to support children through grief and loss of a loved one.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Ted Layman, LCSW joins Kaleigh and Stephanie to tell us about Collaborative Problem Solving, an approach that supports parents and children in learning to communicate and resolve problems. Ted is a family therapist at Restore Therapy in Portland, OR and you can find him at www.restoretherapypdx.com
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kat Schoolland, LMFT joins Kaleigh and Stephanie to talk about supporting children with OCD. Kat is the owner of the therapy practice Raising Brave Kids and specializes in Pediatric OCD. They discuss parental involvement, common misconceptions about OCD, and tips to help support kids experiencing OCD.
Mentioned In this Episode: International OCD Foundation (https://iocdf.org/), www.raisingbravekids.com
Original Music and Editi...
Stephanie is joined by Family Roots therapists Michelle Hickman, Cheri Partain, and Eileen Spindor, to discuss raising teenagers, sharing both their personal and professional experiences.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh is joined by Family Roots therapists Kelly Mehigan, LCSW, and Zoë Martinini, LPC to discuss raising toddlers, sharing both their personal and professional experiences.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh and Stephanie explore how and why to validate your child's emotions. Why is it important and how can you do so even when you disagree with their behavior?
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh and Stephanie explore how to talk with kids about scary or traumatic events, even when you might feel dysregulated or scared yourself.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh and Stephanie discuss staying regulated as a parent when your child is dysregulated - why it's important and how you can do it too (at least most of the time).
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh and Stephanie discuss how neurodivergence impacts parenting, sharing both their personal and professional experiences.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh and Stephanie sit down with Alyssa Chavez, a functional nutritionist (who also happens to be Kaleigh's sister) to discuss her personal experience of pregnancy after overcoming health challenges and coping with infertility and miscarriage.
Alyssa's information can be found at https://www.alignedtorise.com/
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman MusicKaleigh and Stephanie sit down with one of our Family Roots therapists, Liz Temple, LPC, to talk about Child-Parent Relationship Therapy and how this model can help young children and their parents.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
In this episode, Kaleigh and Stephanie talk about what happens when parents put grown-up responsibilities on children - how it impacts their self-perception and relationships.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
In this episode, Kaleigh and Stephanie sit down with one of our therapists at Family Roots, certified Body Trust Provider and Intuitive Eating Counselor Kristen Scher. They discuss ways parents can support kids' positive relationship with food and their bodies.
In this episode, Kaleigh and Stephanie break down the differences between discipline and punishment and the effects of each on children.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
In this episode, Kaleigh and Stephanie explore "mom guilt" and ways to move beyond it.
In this episode, Kaleigh and Stephanie discuss ways parents can gain awareness of inter-generational parenting cycles and make new and intentional parenting choices.
Original Music and Editing: Dustin Carpenter, Middleman Music
Kaleigh sits down with one of our therapists at Family Roots, Robbin Schroth, to talk about mental health during the perinatal and postpartum period.
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