Posts tagged the good enough parent
Your Online Therapy Questions Answered
Your Online Therapy Questions Answered

As I write this piece we are over a month into quarantine following the shelter in place orders during COVID-19. I have always been an advocate for online therapy. It provides those with time, travel and social restraints the opportunity to access therapy from the comfort of their own home or workplace. As quarantine has become the new norm and my therapy sessions have moved entirely virtual, I have found only more reasons to promote online therapy as an effective, productive and supportive route to achieve your therapeutic goals.

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Online Therapy, College StudentsEllie Krausellie kraus psychotherapyanorexia, attachment, anxiety, social anxiety, anger, college students, codependency, online therapy, disordered eating, support, teletherapy, therapy, trauma, the good enough parent, relationship issues
Childhood: A Template for the Future
Childhood: A Template for the Future

There is no doubt that children are observant. They are constantly learning, evolving, adapting, and responding to their surroundings. Since parenting is the first form of a relationship that a child is introduced to, their understanding of a secure relationship is most often based off of that relationship. This is the basis of attachment and attachment theory.

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ASDEllie KrausEllie Kraus Psychotherapychildren, child psychology, child therapy, telehealth, teletherapy, therapy for college students, attachment, intuitive eating, therapy, trauma, the good enough parent, play therapy, parenting, anxiety, parents, university of colorado, college students, social anxiety, social, depression, disordered eating, mindfulness, body image, codependency
The Good Enough Parent
The Good Enough Parent

As the expectation for perfection becomes more desired, the inevitable blemishes that occur in parenting become magnified. Resulting from this expectation came the idea of the ‘good enough parent.’ According to Psychology Today, “good enough parents do not strive to be perfect parents and do not expect perfection from their children.”

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Online TherapyEllie Krausparenting, child psychology, attachment, child therapy, play theapy, play therapy, children, parents, the good enough parent