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I am an interventionist and a certified addictions specialist. I can answer questions and offer advice regarding relationships with parents and teenagers, including but not limited to cases involving drug or alcohol abuse, eating disorders, sexual abuse, and divorce. I enjoy teaching parents how to prepare themselves for their child becoming a teenager and assuaging their fears of those "dreaded teenage years". I want parents to know they can not only survive those years, but they can actually enjoy them!
Experience in the area
I am the mother of two grown children, 30 and 28. My husband and I have been married for 32 years. We have 31 years experience counseling parents and teenagers. We have learned some things along the way and often are asked to speak to groups on parent/teenager relationships. We also lead a seminar for teenagers on suicide awareness. However, what I feel makes me most qualified is our own children with whom we enjoy close and open relationships. Our kids are well-rounded, high functioning adults who are caring and are often sought out for advice from their friends and their friends' parents.
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Recent Answers from Bj Hickman
2009-03-16 Moving with my children:
The most important thing a parent can do for her child is give the child a voice. Obviously, your four year old is not going to be able to articulate how he feels about this, but you'll be surprised at
2008-09-02 high school dropout:
Oh the soccer is an excellent idea. Not only for his self-confidence but there are new studies out that verify what we have believed for a long time - that exercise can actually alter the brain's chemistry
2008-09-02 high school dropout:
I'm sorry you perceived my answer to be judgmental. It really wasn't meant to be. You used a lot of defeated and codependent terminology like "we probably catered to him too much" and "I did a real disservice
2008-09-02 high school dropout:
Your son needs some extra help. He needs to continue to see the psychologist. And so do you and your husband. You don't have the coping skills to deal with his issues, and it's time to admit that and
2008-08-27 Controlling Mother:
Go first thing tomorrow and inquire about getting into student housing on campus. If there's not any available, start shopping for an apartment near campus and, if necessary, advertise for a roommate
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