YAMA (You and Me Alone Time) is a parenting practice that involves setting aside dedicated, one-on-one time between a parent and child. It is a time for the parent and child to connect, bond, and engage in activities without any distractions or interruptions.

Selective Mutism (SM) is a rare anxiety disorder that typically affects children, but can also affect adults. Children with SM are unable to speak in certain social situations, even though they are perfectly capable of speaking in other situations. This can lead to significant difficulties in social and academic settings, as well as increased anxiety and stress for both the child and their family.

ABA, or Applied Behavior Analysis, has been used for many years as a popular intervention method for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, recent research has revealed various ethical and safety concerns associated with traditional ABA practices.

The nine Enneagram personality types (sometimes referred to as "enneatypes") are based on a psychological typology developed by George I. Gurdjieff, Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo in the 1950s. Each type is described with distinct characteristics, motivations and ways of perceiving and responding to the world around them. Understanding your own Enneagram type can help you understand yourself better and gain insight into how you interact with others.

While the term “accommodations” has generally been positive for the neurodiverse community, in the realm of OCD, it is a problematic family behavior that exacerbates symptoms. By accommodating the child’s desires, a family is essentially enabling the OCD or anxiety to flourish.

Most cases of OCD treatment ebb and flow with progress, but occasionally, we are met with significant resistance. Although we hope to externalize OCD as a separate voice from one’s true self, OCD often can be deeply entrenched in our personalities. Sometimes, we cannot imagine who we are without our OCD behaviors and we lean on this predictable mode of reacting to the world. The temporarily easier path is to stay in your OCD.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is known to be a highly intellectual and conversation-based form of therapy that includes homework. How is it that therapists can apply these principles to working with children, even young children?

While children may not be able to readily name the 12 major negative distortions, such as personalization, catastrophization, and discounting the positive, they are usually able to notice a negative interpretation. Children are natural debaters and questioners. When enlisted as detectives rooting out the truth in their thoughts, young minds can be very inquisitive.