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Alex Caroline Robboy Therapy, Treatment Approaches, and Counseling

Navigating Awkward Sex Questions

Help with dealing with uncomfortable questions about your sexual past. Alex emphasizes that your past is irrelevant to your current relationship and provides tips on how to respectfully but firmly maintain your...

Alex Caroline Robboy Therapy, Treatment Approaches, and Counseling

Staying in Narcissistic Abuse

“Why Did I Stay So Long?” Narcissistic Abuse Therapist to Client Narrative I want you to know — if you’ve ever looked back on a relationship and asked yourself, “Why did I...

Alex Caroline Robboy Anxiety, Panic, and OCD

Turning Goodbyes Into Growth: Navigating Separation Anxiety in Kids Under 10

Turning Goodbyes Into Growth: Navigating Separation Anxiety in Kids Under 10 Separation anxiety is a part of childhood development for most kids. It is characterized by a child’s fear or distress when...

Alex Caroline Robboy Stress, Coping Skills, and Everyday Mental Health

Metaphor Based Communication and Its Use in Personal Expression

“Speak what we feel , not what we ought to say” -King Lear In King Lear, Shakespeare highlights the ways we can feel constrained and suffocated by societal expectations regarding communication. Through...

Alex Caroline Robboy Cultural Identity, Diversity, and Social Stress

How To Play Strip Dreidel

How To Play Strip Dreidel You know how they say that Dreidel is the all time classic family friendly game to be playing on Hanukkah? Well today I’d like to actually...

Alex Caroline Robboy Children, Adolescents, and Development

Summer’s Out for School: Back To School Transition Tips for Caregivers and Kiddos

By Rachel Hirsch For caretakers and kiddos, the back-to-school season has non-stop unavoidable changes to your routine. Starting with September's back-to-school rush, next up is October's Halloween fun, followed by Thanksgiving in...

Alex Caroline Robboy Codependency and Attachment Patterns

Managing Emotional Takeovers

The article "Managing Emotional Takeovers: Strategies for Self-Preservation" discusses strategies for managing emotional takeovers by emotionally immature individuals. It defines emotional immaturity and the characteristics of emotionally immature people, as well as...

Alex Caroline Robboy Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Intimacy

Adult Version of Pillow Fights

The adult version of pillow fighting. When was the last time you engaged in a pillow fight? Was it when your kids were little? Or maybe when you were 6 years old?...

Alex Caroline Robboy Therapy, Treatment Approaches, and Counseling

Equity in Relationships

The article discusses the difference between equality and equity in relationships, highlighting the need to address imbalances through understanding and redistributing responsibilities based on individual strengths and preferences, with the support of...

Alex Caroline Robboy Brain, Body, and Health Differences

Tourettes Summary Handout

An excellent handout describing common common symptoms for people living with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS_

Alex Caroline Robboy Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Communicating Sexual Boundaries

The article "Communicate Your Sexual Boundaries" discusses the complexity of identifying, expressing, and maintaining sexual boundaries in relationships. It addresses the challenges individuals face in recognizing and communicating their boundaries. It emphasizes...

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How to Externalize Your Brain

Here you'll learn how to externalize your brain with practical tools to support those with ADHD.

Is It Normal Not to Get Angry?

Anger is often portrayed as loud, explosive, and destructive. In media and everyday life, it is frequently framed as something to “control” or “get rid of”. Because of this, many people grow up believing that [ . . . ]

Anxious & Avoidant Styles in Conflict

Anxious & Avoidant Styles in Conflict Many couples get stuck in the same argument, playing out different versions of the same conflict over and over. One partner wants to talk. The other shuts down. No [ . . . ]

Pornography and Betrayal Trauma

Pornography viewing while in a a monogamous relationship could lead partners to feel sexually betrayed, similar to how it feels when a partner is cheating. This article examines how porn can be viewed as cheating [ . . . ]

How to Externalize Your Brain

Here you'll learn how to externalize your brain with practical tools to support those with ADHD.

Is It Normal Not to Get Angry?

Anxious & Avoidant Styles in Conflict

Pornography and Betrayal Trauma

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