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EK Wills
Jun 8, 20193 min read
Family Meetings: a way to shift from instruction into mediation when kids get bigger
By EK Wills This week we had our first family meeting in a long time. When the idea was floated, our middle child piped up and claimed...
EK Wills
Apr 25, 20194 min read
Playground antics and the pressure to perform: the teachers’ and parents’ battlefield
By EK Wills There is so much pressure on kids to get good results in the final high school grades that it’s little wonder teachers and...
EK Wills
Mar 30, 20194 min read
Unhappy families: working in a team with dysfunctional group dynamics
by EK Wills “…. every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina All groups work in different ways and...
EK Wills
Feb 22, 20193 min read
Mother guilt: damned if you do, damned if you don’t and how to find your own way
By EK Wills Has anyone ever come up to you in the street or the supermarket and told you what you should be doing with your baby? This...
EK Wills
Sep 15, 20183 min read
Life: do you have skills to tolerate distress, regulate emotion and be effective interpersonally?
by EK Wills This week was one to test anyone’s patience. And so I was glad to learn about a specific type of therapy that includes skills...
EK Wills
Apr 28, 20182 min read
Parenting Style – Do you need to be a particular parenting type?
By EK Wills I recently heard that perfectionism in a child can be related to having an authoritarian and critical parent. And since there...
EK Wills
Feb 3, 20183 min read
Personal Violence - a Colossal issue for many families
By EK Wills I recently discovered that a good friend of mine is suffering circumstances that you only expect to hear about in the news or...
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