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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

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

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How To Get What You Need

August 20, 2016 by Jennifer Kogan

It’s 9 PM and you’re exhausted after a busy work and parenting day. Lately, it’s been getting harder to get the kids to sleep on time and you feel like your partner isn’t helping you the way you’d like. You’re feeling stressed, unsupported and angry. It can be tough to shift our way of communicating because […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: bedtime, compassionate communication, conflict, empathy, feelings, Marshall Rosenberg, mirroring, needs, Nonviolent communication, request, strategy

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

Tired of Time out?

June 29, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Time-out is almost universally accepted in our North American culture as a “go to” parenting behavioral technique. However, I often wonder about what message we are sending to our children when we use time-out. What are we teaching them?

Filed Under: Articles, Families, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: behavior, discipline, emotional coach, empathy, feelings, parenting, time out

What’s wrong with a little praise?

April 27, 2010 by Jennifer Kogan

While it may seem counterintuitive, it is actually not always helpful to say “Good job!” to your toddler or child. Here’s why.

Filed Under: Articles, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: alfie kohn, empathy, parenting, praise, rewards, unconditional parenting, well-being

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