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It’s so difficult to be the parent of child who battles depression. On top of the pain associated with the knowledge that they’re in pain, many parents also feel personal shame that their child is not “normal,” or that they might have failed them in some way.

To cope with those feelings, parents sometimes minimize the mental illness or try to look on the bright side. I urge you to instead acknowledge the depression and talk openly with your child about it. Here’s a step-by-step path you can take.

Read the full article here: https://stenzelclinical.com/5-musts-parent-depressed-child/

In this episode, Grant Stenzel addresses a crowd about managing childhood emotions including anger, anxiety, and fear.

Parenting can often be a thankless job. We are not here to "fix" you as a parent. However, there are some proven skills, tools and communication styles we can help you with to improve your relationship with your children. The human brain does not finish developing until the age of 22. And, in addition, there are many pressures for a teenager today. We are seeing more anxiety, depression, self-injury, anger, acting out and addictive behavior than ever before.

As therapists, we act as a coach, assessing your strengths and weaknesses and then guiding and helping you with areas that need improvement. Sometimes you just need a fresh perspective from someone who has your best interests in mind.

In this episode, Grant Stenzel discusses how arguing is an ineffective way to communicate.

Every relationship, from healthy to unhealthy ones, experience fights and arguments. Here are some easy ways you can resolve fights faster and come out stronger on the other side.

View a short video on handling conflict here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN2re-txfLE

Grant speaks to a group of individuals on the importance of communication in marriage. This talk comes from an event that Grant spoke at, at Wheaton Bible Church to a marital class, a class that individuals are required to take in order to wed at Wheaton Bible.

Grant gives his professional advice as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor on how to be a better spouse, and how to be a better you. View the live recording of this video here: https://youtu.be/d0KVQJkDWio.

Grant Stenzel discusses how to communicate with people that hurt you and how to go about it.

You may not realize it, but in every waking moment, you’re sending signals to people about how they can treat you. The people closest to you can easily tell if you’re in a good or bad mood, if you’re happy or sad, and if it’s a good idea to just stay out of your way for now.

It’s important to really think about how you teach people to treat you, particularly if you’re being hurt by their words. If someone treats you poorly and you just let it go, you’ve taught them that it’s okay to treat you this way. But make no mistake: it is okay to feel hurt and it is okay to let people know they hurt you.

View articles on Marriage here: https://stenzelclinical.com/category/marriage-advice/

People will sometimes say, “I’m depressed” when they are feeling sad. For some, these feelings quickly pass. But for others, the feelings continue and start to affect their overall quality of life. Everyone gets the blues once in a while, but how do you know if you are truly depressed or just unhappy?

In this episode, Grant Stenzel discusses how to determine if your feelings are depression or if you're just not feeling very happy.

View articles on Depression here: https://stenzelclinical.com/category/depression/