“I Have No Friends.” What to Say When Your Daughter Tells You That
For the moms of fourth and fifth graders who heard it in the car this week By Shayna Barksdale, LCSW-S We just made it through Halloween. If you have a fourth or fifth grader, you [ continue reading ]
Why Do Teenage Girls Love Horror Movies? A Therapist (Who Also Loves Them) Explains
Your anxious daughter just asked to watch something terrifying. Here's why that's a good sign. By Shayna Barksdale, LCSW-S Let me get something out of the way first: I'm not the therapist who's going to [ continue reading ]
Periods, Shame, and Anxiety: What Girls Are Carrying at School
Why period product access matters for girls' mental health this Period Action Day From AllieAllie Evans, BSW intern Picture this: you're thirteen years old, sitting in class, and you realize you just got your period. [ continue reading ]
“I Hate You.” … “Can We Go To Starbucks?”
4:10. She walks in. You say, “Hey — how was your day?” 4:12. You get a look, an eye roll, and an “I hate you” thrown at the floor. She drops her backpack where it [ continue reading ]
Why Your Daughter Won’t Try New Things (And What Helps)
What the 2026 State of the Girl report says — and what it looked like in my own life By Allie Evans — BSW Intern at Austin Therapy for Girls and BSW student at [ continue reading ]
Back-to-School Anxiety: Expert Advice from Austin Therapy for Girls
Turning Jitters into Glitters We just finished our last Glow Girl camp for all the incoming 6th graders entering middle school for the first time. It brought back a lot of memories of that [ continue reading ]
What Nobody Tells You About Sorority Rush — From a Therapist
My path to becoming a Theta at TCU was anything but a straight line. Much like the perms that were wildly popular in the '90s, my Bid Day experience looked a lot more like a [ continue reading ]
Summer Mother-Daughter Book Club for Tweens & Teens: 6-Week Connection Challenge
Looking for a meaningful way to connect with your tween or teen daughter this summer? At Austin Therapy for Girls, we know summer can be a funny mix of freedom and feelings. One minute [ continue reading ]
Maycember, Mental Load & the Sneaky Shame Gremlins
What Are Shame Gremlins, Why May Hits Girls So Hard If April is quietly hard… May kicks the door down. Welcome to Maycember—that chaotic, end-of-school-year sprint where everything feels important, emotional, and just a [ continue reading ]
Sexual Assault Prevention: How to Talk to Your Daughter (Without the Eye Roll)
If you’re currently binging The Pitt—and if you’re not, we highly recommend—you probably remember the assault case with the young woman and the nurse who supported her. That nurse is called a Sexual Assault [ continue reading ]
