Blog Category: Insight

November 27, 2020
Finding Your Identity

Dorri C. Scott, MSW, Resident Family Therapist and Parent Coach in Northern Virginia Having celebrated a different “thanksgiving” and a year to remember, recognizing […]

November 8, 2020
Week Two: The Wise Family “Come to the Table” dinner goal… is PLAY!

  Have you been participating in our “Come to the Table” dinner challenge? If you haven’t, and you want to, join our Facebook […]

November 2, 2020
Week one: The Wise Family “Come to the Table” dinner challenge is simple… EAT!

The goal of The Wise Family “Come to the Table” dinner challenge is simple…EAT. The hard part is adding TOGETHER to the plans! […]

January 8, 2020
Your family has big emotions: Get them under control with EMOTION COACHING!

Photo by Jude Beck on Unsplash   Over the holidays, we had lot of emotions at our house, and I bet you did too. I want […]

December 17, 2019
Unleash the Power of GRATITUDE this month!

  The The Big Life Journal Gratitude Challenge continues this week!  Part two includes exercises like creating a gratitude list, giving thanks, mini-thank yous and […]

October 10, 2019
Understanding ADHD

By Kasey Cain, Resident in Counseling  As children grow and develop, their ability to pay attention and focus changes. When someone comes to […]

September 5, 2019
Tips on Establishing a Good Routine

Habits are powerful but did you know it can take up to three to four weeks for a new habit or routine to […]

August 7, 2019
Going Back To School Strategies

Only a few more weeks of summer!! Can you believe it?   How does your family JUMP back into the ‘Going Back to […]

June 26, 2019
Summer is THE BEST time for COUNSELING!

ID 103919440 © Lightfieldstudiosprod | Dreamstime.com Summer is THE BEST time for COUNSELING! We just celebrated the last high school graduations of the […]

May 22, 2019
No Need to Worry About Worrying!

Continuing our focus on Mental Health Awareness this month! Did you know humans are supposed to worry about things? It’s part of our […]

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 […]

April 11, 2019
Tap into your child’s creativity – Let their imaginations run wild!

  Kasey Cain, Resident in Counseling at The Wise Family: Creativity is the use of the imagination. It is the ability to go […]