by rbrown | Aug 11, 2020 | Depression, Medication
This article was written by a child psychiatrists, Carol Watkins, MD. Dr. Watkins gives a well-balanced and informative background as she answers the question whether parents should consent to their child or teen be treated with antidepressant medication....
by rbrown | Aug 11, 2020 | Cutting, Self-Injury
Self-Injury is different from being suicidal. Rather than trying to end one’s life the person who uses self-injury uses the behavior as a way to cope with emotional distress they experience. Reliance on self-abuse/maltreatment of one’s body can keep one...
by rbrown | Jun 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Marriage, Member Care, Pandemic, Parenting, Resilience, Singles, Stress, TCKs |
Four members of the Tumaini Counseling Clinical team held a webinar on 17 June 2020 that addressed the 4 Covid-19 related topics of: Uncertainty Anxiety Helping Kids Cope Teams and Relationships The entire 66 minute webinar can be streamed either for audio only or as...
by rbrown | Jun 5, 2020 | Cross-Cultural, Parenting, TCKs
Book Review “Lauren Wells, founder and director of TCK Training, and herself a TCK from Tanzania, has put together this guide for those who work with and love TCKs. Citing the research of Dave Pollock, Ruth van Reken and Michael Pollock in the classic Third...
by rbrown | Jun 2, 2020 | Conflict, New, Pandemic, Parenting, TCKs, Transition
Many families, including missionaries, have seasons of time where their adult children return to live with them. This could be sheltering in place during the pandemic with college closed or during times of unemployment, transition, physical illness, extended family...
