Reflective Listening for Parents

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....

“Validation” is not Reflective Listening

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...