You catch yourself reminiscing about when you were a child. In a blink of an eye, you are now a mom/wife of a teen(s). Lately you’ve noticed that your child has become withdrawn, having a negative outlook, low energy, loss of interest and enjoyment of the activities they once enjoyed. Your teen is constantly on their iPhone & you notice a change in their sleep and eating habits, doing poorly in school, isolating themselves from friends and family, showing risky or harmful behaviors, even possible suicide thoughts. Your child shares with you that they feel depressed, anxious and don’t want to go to school. You try asking them what’s wrong, just to be yelled at, “nothing!, you wouldn’t even understand!”. So, what do you do; you turn to your partner for support just to find yourself feeling angry, emotionally overwhelmed, invalidated and like something is wrong with you because your partner just wants to tell you how to fix it! My name is Sandy Price, I am a bilingual Licensed Child & Family Therapist that’s been there, done that! I am here to help you avoid the reoccurring mistakes and mishaps and help you find the connection with either your teen and/or spouse so that you can continue running your home in a healthier and happy manner. I collaboratively work with each client to meet their specific needs through a systemic lens. I understand that your experiences may be difficult to acknowledge or talk about because of the shame, guilt, and stigma that may often surround traumatic events like dysfunctional home life, domestic violence, neglect, emotional abuse, sexual, parent alienation, supervised visitations and physical abuse. There can be many reasons to put off addressing your trauma and pursuing the healing that you deserve, but if you don’t face your past, you risk being held hostage by it. Your life history is the summary of your own life experiences, from which you learn and grow. Acknowledge the person you have become through your trials and tribulations.