Adolescents
Realistic Expectations in an Unrealistic World
How do families, schools, and young people keep their footing amid filters, fame, and AI? If you scroll for sixty seconds, you’ll see poreless faces,
Heather Hayes
30 January 2026
Adolescents
Breaking the Legacy of Damaging Childhoods: A Trauma-Responsive Exploration of Jerry Wise’s “Inherited Behaviors”
When we grow up in families where emotional neglect, chaos, enmeshment, addiction, or inconsistency shape the air we breathe, we learn quickly how to survive.
Heather Hayes
7 January 2026
Adolescents
Transactional Analysis in the DNA of Modern Therapies
How Parent–Adult–Child quietly shaped CBT, parts work, trauma therapy, and inner-child healing. When you zoom out on today’s therapy landscape – CBT, DBT, schema therapy,
Heather Hayes
24 December 2025
Adolescents
Transactional Analysis: The “Forgotten” Theory That Still Changes How We Relate
(and how we can gently re-parent ourselves from the Adult ego state) During parts of the 1960s and 70s, Transactional Analysis (TA) was everywhere: therapy
Heather Hayes
17 December 2025
Adolescents
TikTok Bans #SkinnyTok: A Step Toward Protecting Mental Health or Just a Patch?
In a move lauded by public health experts and mental health advocates alike, TikTok recently banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok, along with related content promoting extreme
Heather Hayes
12 November 2025
Adolescents
Parental Alienation: A Relational Wound at the Heart of the Family
Parental alienation is a complex and often misunderstood dynamic in which one parent intentionally or unconsciously manipulates a child to reject the other parent, undermining
Heather Hayes
29 October 2025
Adolescents
Understanding the Polyvagal Theory in Adolescence: A Foundation for Trauma-Responsive Adolescent Transport
In recent years, Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory has revolutionized our understanding of the nervous system, particularly in the context of trauma and adolescent development. The
Heather Hayes
22 October 2025
Adolescents
From Harm to Healing: Reimagining Adolescent Treatment with Dignity and Accountability
Over the past several years, a powerful wave of truth-telling has emerged from adults who once lived through the harsh realities of the so-called “troubled
Heather Hayes
15 October 2025
Adolescents
Building Family Connection and Secure Attachment: Foundations, Disruptions, and Tools for Healing
Healthy families are built on two fundamental pillars: connection and attachment. When these are strong, family members feel safe, seen, and valued, which fosters emotional
Heather Hayes
24 September 2025
Adolescents
The Importance of Safety in Healing Family Dynamics: Insights from Judith Herman and Steven Porges
Safety is a fundamental prerequisite for healing within any family system, particularly for members who have experienced emotional abuse. The pioneering work of Judith Herman
Heather Hayes
17 September 2025
Adolescents
The Power of Expectation: Bowlby’s Theory, Coping Patterns, and the Family System
“What cannot be communicated to the [parent] cannot be communicated to the self.” — John Bowlby, Attachment and Loss (1980) British psychoanalyst John Bowlby, best
Heather Hayes
5 September 2025
Adolescents
Family Systemic Therapy and the Role of Family Involvement in Adolescent Treatment
Family Systemic Therapy is a therapeutic approach that views the family as a system in which each member affects the others. This framework, largely developed
Heather Hayes
13 August 2025
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