Therapy
7 articles
Premature Babies and Music: Evidence From the NICU
The first time many parents see their premature baby is through the wall of an incubator, with monitors beeping and ventilator cycles humming behind t...
Music Therapy for Infants and Toddlers: What Parents Should Know
Streaming Mozart for a sleeping newborn is not music therapy. Singing your child's favourite lullaby at bedtime is not music therapy either, even thou...
Therapy as Self-Care, Not a Last Resort
A lot of parents treat therapy like a fire extinguisher: break glass when something is on fire. The research has been pointing the other way for decad...
Types of Professional Support Available to Parents
When you're struggling as a parent, professional support helps — but the menu is confusing. Therapist, counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, coach, e...
Psychological Support for Parents: Choosing What You Actually Need
When parenting starts grinding you down, the first hard part is just figuring out what kind of help you need. Therapy, coaching, a class, medication,...
When Family Therapy Is Helpful
Family therapy isn't just for families in crisis. It can help when communication breaks down, when patterns keep repeating, when transitions strain re...
When a Family Needs Outside Help
Most families with young children, in the privacy of difficult evenings, have wondered whether they should be getting some kind of help. Most don't, o...