Weathering the Storm
We are all feeling so many "feels" right now due to our lives rapidly changing and also feel overwhelmed with the "What If's" we have flowing in and out of our thoughts. After switching all our session [...]
Happy International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is March 8 every year, and it’s a great opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of women and girls both in our lives and across the world. Though our society has made incredible progress towards [...]
Girl Drama: Try a Drama Cleanse
Click here for Mean Girls the Musical in ATX February has always been an interesting month, after working in schools for over 14 years and now in private practice for almost 10 years, I have [...]
Fighting the Attitude with Gratitude
As many of my clients struggle with symptoms of depression, I am always encouraged by the latest research and information on gratitude. In the last couple of years there has been an extensive amount of data collected [...]
Summer Fun with Your Daughter
School is out and this is the perfect time to spend special time with your daughter. During my parent coaching we often talk about the importance of connection before correction and special time is a perfect way [...]
Control Disguised as Help by Kappie Bliss, M.ED
Recently I was reading one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott. In her book, “Almost Everything”, I came across a line that literally jumped off the page shouting pay attention. She wrote “Help is the sunny [...]
Body Image and Validation
As we are headed out to Spring Break, many of our clients are expressing feelings about the dreaded bathing suit season. At Austin Therapy for Girls, hearing about girls' body shame can happen any time of the [...]
Courage, Vulnerability and Mascara
During a recent talk at a private school in ATX, we discussed some important concepts in an 8th grade girl’s life. Courage, Vulnerability and Mascara. First of all, if you are a parent of a 8th grade [...]
Struggle Equals Growth by Kappie Bliss
During a recent conversation with a friend we both remarked we would not have ever thought that in our mid-seventies we would often struggle with life. That had not been our plan. We were commiserating that [...]