Blog Category: empathy

December 20, 2022
Modeling Compassion in Families

How can we model compassion? It’s not enough to just be compassionate with your children; if you want them to learn how to […]

May 25, 2022
How to Support Your Child who Self-Harms

By Grace Lozano, Resident in Counseling No parent can ever fully prepare themselves for the moment when they realize their child may be […]

December 14, 2021
Empathy: Five Things to Know or Do

By Kasey Cain, Licensed Professional Counselor Something that makes The Wise Family unique and exceptional is that all of our clinicians come to […]

December 7, 2021
Promoting Kindness and Gratitude All Year Long

Wowza! It’s officially December! 2021 just flew by! Since our November Wise Gratitude Challenge was such a hit, we decided to continue the […]

May 16, 2020
Coping With ‘Loss of Normalcy’ During the Pandemic

Photo by Connor Wilkins on Unsplash By Kasey Cain, Resident in Counseling in Northern Virginia In February, The Wise Family shared a group blog post about grief […]

March 24, 2020
Top 5 Favorite Sites for Wise Families During COVID

In order to help, and possibly maintain your sanity, The Wise Family team compiled some excellent resources to utilize during the COVID-19 pandemic […]

February 17, 2020
5 Great Resources to Support a Grieving Loved One

When a loved one is grieving you may ask yourself, “How can I support them through this process?” Intense and painful feelings are […]

February 5, 2020
Support during the grieving process

Photo by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash   By Kasey Cain, Resident in Counseling For the past four years, I have served as a therapist during National […]

February 5, 2020
Supporting your family through loss

Supporting your family through the loss of a loved one is difficult. It can often cause anxiety to the one who takes on the […]

November 5, 2019
November is National Adoption Awareness Month

By guest contributor, Andrea D. Kessler It was the night before my son’s baptism in July.  Furniture was pushed to one side of the […]

May 8, 2019
How can you manage anxiety?

  This month we want to share some tools for maintaining mental health as we work to bring awareness to mental health issues […]

May 1, 2019
Is it ever too late to grow wiser together?

  Ask yourself, “When things aren’t going well in your family, how do you “start over”? Is it ever too late to grow […]