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Sep 2020
30m 16s

5: Toolbox for Terrible Times: Managing ...

DR. LISA DAMOUR/GOOD TROUBLE PRODUCTIONS
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How do we get through the pandemic without losing our minds? Lisa offers parents four distinct tools to help ourselves and our children through these challenging times. The specific tools are "feeling with" children, supporting healthy psychological defenses, having the right words for painful emotions, and finding ways - like using humor- to rally when we'r ... Show More
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