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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

Compassion Focused Counseling and Consultation in Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

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Below are some posts I have written for families.

How to Help Someone Going Through a Tough Time

June 21, 2015 by Jennifer Kogan

By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.  When someone is struggling, we might be at a loss for how to help. We want to reach out. But we’re worried we’ll do or say the wrong thing. So we don’t do anything. Or maybe we have a track record of saying or doing the wrong things. Either way, the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Couples, Families, Individuals, Interfaith Couples & Families, New Parents Tagged With: communication, curiosity, empathy, feelings, openness

Should is a word to let go of

April 24, 2015 by Jennifer Kogan

Should is a word to let go of It’s a thread winding between expectation and identity it adds to the fear of being found out as it watches us spin in our own heads dividing us from heart and spirit How did we learn to layer upon layer, the heft of guilt, responsibility and should? Years of  self-talk […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents, Postpartum Depression Tagged With: expectations, guilt, responsibility, Shame, should

Easing the Transition From One Nanny to the Next

October 2, 2014 by Jennifer Kogan

Wealth Matters by Paul Sullivan Easing the Transition From One Nanny to the Next Over  the last 12 years, Donna Levin has come to know exactly what she needs in a nanny: someone on her way to or in graduate school who has an interest in children and a flexible class schedule. But given that […]

Filed Under: Articles, Couples, Families, Individuals, Parents Tagged With: emotional support, nannies, parenting, transitions

There’s no “right” way to feel when you’re a new dad

August 12, 2013 by Jennifer Kogan

There has been a lot written about new moms but this post by new dad, David Sternberg, LICSW does a wonderful job of identifying the many different ways you can feel as a new father.

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: bonding, exhausted, fatherhood, guilt, new dads, new moms, wife

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How to Help Someone Going Through a Tough Time

Should is a word to let go of

Easing the Transition From One Nanny to the Next

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