Leslie Cohen-Rubury is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with an MSW as well as a Masters in Special Education. She has 39 years’ experience working with families and children in school and community settings. With a private practice in Redding, Ct. providing individual, family, and marital therapy, Leslie has ongoing parenting groups and regularly conducts workshops and lectures in the community. She is intensively trained in Dialectic Behavior Therapy and now leads several DBT skills groups for adults, teenagers and their families. This work focuses on developing skills that increase our competency to be our best selves. Leslie has been married for 37 years and has 3 children: a 33-year-old son and 30-year-old twin girls. She is thrilled to have a daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren as well. Leslie is passionately committed to helping people develop a new perspective and new skills to enhance their emotional well-being and mental health.
Listen to this episode of Whinypaluza, with Leslie Cohen-Rubury about how to better understand why our kids behave the way they do, and how you can better communicate with them based upon that understanding.
Here is what to expect on this week’s show:
Leslie’s training allows her to approach a problem with a broad perspective.
Through many sessions with parents, a common question Leslie got was, “Is my child a monster?” The answer is “no!” Understanding WHY our kids misbehave or struggle will remove this question.
Jumping to conclusions never goes well. How we can work on understanding where our kid is coming from and why they behave the way they do.
What is a Paradoxical Question and how does it help?
What can we do to better understand why our children are behaving the way they do? What questions can we ask them?
Accepting your child where they are and working toward growth helps avoid your child feeling like they are broken.
Learning to better understand and communicate with your kids is an ongoing process that will never stop.
Practice being comfortable in uncomfortable situations- what does it mean? How does this help our children become better problem-solvers?
What kinds of strategies and coping skills can you teach your kid when they are experiencing something uncomfortable?
Balancing teaching your kid to cope and teaching your kid to ask for help- how do you do it?
Sometimes there is no right answer!
What is Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)?
What are some of the keys to Leslie’s 37-year-old marriage?
The importance if validating your partner or your child.
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Website: https://lesliecohenrubury.com/
Podcast: https://pod.link/1681627760
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesliecohenrubury
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliecohenrubury/
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