Guest Lauren Labeth, LCSW, joins reFRAMED Podcast Host, Emily Morehead, LPC, to discuss making play a powerful tool for parents, teachers, and child professionals. Lauren shares with our listeners that based on the dimensions of structure, nurture, engagement, and challenge, Theraplay® allows parents and children to strengthen attachment, build self-esteem, and participate in a more positive relationship with one another.

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Society has some stigmas around who a birth parent is, why someone would choose to place their child for adoption. These stigmas can write a story that is not the birth parent's story. As Megan Devine says, "joy and pain can coexist". Adoption is beautiful and families are made, and it is born out of loss.

"Never should a birth parent be shamed for what she chose to do -- what she found best for her and her child." ~ Katie

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Emily Morehead, LPC, and Heidi Bruegel Cox, JD, talk about Heidi's passion project -- foster care. Gladney has a great project going on right now. We are trying to get as many children out of foster care as possible. Once the plan is adoption for the child, we want to help those children find homes as soon as possible.

At Gladney, we believe every child needs a place to call home and people to call family. Forever. Together, we can ensure children have permanent, loving, and caring families, because every child deserves them.

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Emily Morehead, LPC, and Pam Dyson, LPC-S, talk about reframing anxiety in children. Anxiety is the the most common reason why children are in therapy. While some anxiety in children is age appropriate and typical, that anxiety can sometimes get out of control. The out of control anxiety is generally when parents bring their child to a therapist. So how do you differentiate between the typical anxiety of starting a new school year, meeting new people versus a chronic, consistent issue? Listen in as Pam helps us reframe the worry monsters.

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Emily Morehead, LPC, and Ashley Whiteside, LMSW, LCPAA talk about reframing how you look and feel about adoption. They break down what the adoption process might look like from the ground up.  From using correct adoption language to the role of  a birth parent caseworker, you will leave feeling more informed and less daunted about the intricate details of domestic adoption no matter who you are. This insightful discussion sheds light not only the challenges of adoption from all perspectives, but also the great triumphs that only your unique adoption journey will bring. 

We are striving to make an impact in our world through creating conversations about topics that are important to you and yours.

Check out the Show Notes (https://resource.adoptionsbygladney.com/reframing-how-you-see-adoption) for resources and contact information.

Emily Morehead, LPC, and Mary Kathryn Nader, LPC, talk about reframing helping grieving children at the school system. This episode covers a multitude of ways that parents and teachers can work together to help these grieving kids navigate the heavy life changes they are experiencing and implement coping mechanisms that work specifically for them. The resources given will not only help reframe our response to grieving children, but also the community response to these special children as a whole. 

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Emily Morehead, LPC, and Bailey Guthrie, Gladney adoptive parent, and Ashley Whiteside, LMSW, talk about reframing the adoption journey through domestic infant adoption. Bailey and Ashley discuss the process of adoption, along with the emotions adoptive parents are likely going through and experiencing. Bailey explains her story of loss and grief associated with her personal experience of her son's adoption process. Ashley gives adoptive parents advice on how to deal with the emotions surrounding adoption.

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Emily Morehead, LPC, and Staci Danford, MBE,  talk about reframing your brain with gratitude. As the episode explores the difference between casual thanks and meaningful gratitude, you will start to see how practicing gratitude can impact your life in a real way. You will learn not only why practicing gratitude is important, but also how you can do it and teach your sphere of influence to practice gratitude as well. In this enlightening conversation, Staci unpacks the science of gratitude in a simple way that only someone with her background and level of expertise could achieve.  

We are striving to make an impact in our world through creating conversations about topics that are important to you and yours.

Check out the Show Notes (https://resource.adoptionsbygladney.com/reframing-your-brain-with-gratitude) for resources and contact information.

Emily Morehead, LPC, and Elena Hall, Gladney adoptee from Russia and author of Through Adopted Eyes, talk about reframing our thoughts on adoption from the perspective of an adoptee. Elena and Emily have a great conversation ranging from identity as an adoptee to traveling back to the mother country with interesting perspectives and insight.

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Emily Morehead, LPC, Connie Avila and Ashley Scott talk about how to navigate the in's and out's of the teenage brain in today's world.  As daunting as understanding red flags in your teenager's behavior and the huge role of social media in their life may feel, it is tackling these types of tricky issues that will open up the crucial line of communication between you and your teen. Whether your child is struggling with a mental health disorder or perhaps just feeling overwhelmed, this discussion was created with you and your child in mind as you attempt to step into this incredible phase of life together with the tools needed to look back on these teen years with a smile on your face. 

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