by Harper West | Oct 28, 2017 | Parenting
Parents want to do the best for their children, so they try to boost “self-esteem” with positive comments. However, in their attempt to help their child avoid negative feelings, parents may actually be helping create insecurity, lack of autonomy, and low self-worth....
by Harper West | Sep 27, 2016 | ADHD, Parenting
I am once again sharing an article by Hather Forbes, who is one of my favorite parenting experts. Her “love-based” parenting directly addresses the fear (“fight-or-flight”) responses that so many traumatized kids experience. This perfectly...
by Harper West | Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
January 28, 2013 Blogging from a two-day seminar on Dialectical Behavioral Treatment (DBT). Several of the key concepts of DBT track right along with what are core ideas of Pack Leader Psychology. One concept that I agreed with is that clients with borderline...
by Harper West | Jan 24, 2013 | Parenting
Jan. 24, 2013 Parents, I’m going to offer you the simplest, easiest way to teach your children to have low self-esteem. Oh, sure, the obvious way is to do any or all of the following: be emotionally or physically abusive to your children or spouse be emotionally...
