Thinking about behavior only in terms of reinforcement and consequence is outdated. It’s not mind over matter. It’s both. Are new therapists getting that message?

The power that parents have to influence the wellbeing of their adult children is often underestimated.

Today’s culture of therapy both reflects and contributes to our nation’s ever-growing embrace of individualism—for better and, sometimes, for worse.

After journeying through the Family Dialogue process, estranged family members often end up adjusting the very notion of what togetherness means.

Children need an adult who provides safety, attunement, empathy, acceptance, and boundaries. Can a sibling be the next best thing?

Seclusion and restraint is a rare but extreme response to students deemed unruly. One parent, backed by some clinical allies, is drawing attention to its traumatic effects.

Many of the ways that children grieve differently from adults can go unrecognized and unprocessed.

Is there an alternative to applied behavioral analysis for children on the spectrum?

Suicidal ideation among teens is overlooked, understudied, and sometimes even willfully ignored.

As young people move forward with new, more flexible frameworks for thinking about gender, it’s not always easy to bring parents along.