Coffee & Connections - Navigating the Teen Emotion Rollercoaster: Strategies for Stronger Family Bonds

Navigating the Teen Emotion Rollercoaster: Strategies for Stronger Family Bonds.

• Learn how to manage big feelings, stress and family conflict without tears and harmful behavior.
• Learn how to radically shift intense teen emotions, and impulsive behaviors.
• Learn how to build stronger family connections and grow in how you think, feel, and relate to teens

It is a great starting point for supporting teens or young adults. Strategies taught are based on the evidence-based model of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Dr. Lauren Pasqua is a clinical psychologist licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. She completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with an emphasis in Child and Family. Her internship in pediatric (health) psychology was at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County and her two-year post-doctoral fellowship specializing in Early Childhood Mental Health at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). She was Autism Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Training Program (LEND) at the University of Southern California (USC) University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and National Register Certified as a Health Service Provider in Psychology.