Christine Triano, LCSW

Latest blog is up, with a huge thanks to my friend and colleague Olivia Hauge for so many great ideas to help make online school easier on the mind AND body!

Words of wisdom, delivered with clarity, compassion, and humor from my colleague and supervisee Olivia Martinez-Hauge. This one’s totally worth your time!

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Love #WholeBrainChild and #NoDramaDiscipline? Very excited that my dear friend and colleague @TinaBryson has a new book! THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY is out this today. The perfect gift solution for every new parent on your list, order here: https://www.tinabryson.com/thebottomlineforbaby #BottomLineForBaby #TheBottomLineForBaby

Parents of teens, how are you handling your own back to school stress? Here are some of my favorite ideas to dial it down. Share below if you have other things that work for you if you're all working from home too!

Felt so good to walk the talk this evening. Seek beauty outside this weekend, I promise it helps.

I love that this site has a whole section dedicated to recommendations from therapists about what to watch and why. For something different this weekend, check out my recommendation: https://bit.ly/BeastieBoysBingeTherapy

I spend a lot of time talking with teenagers, but this says so much more than words alone. Thanks to filmmaker #livmcneil for helping us see what life in pandemic time feels like for our kids.

New group from two of my amazing colleagues!

Here are some ideas I put together for summer with your teens. Let me know what you think. Happy Solstice!

The Center for Connection stands in solidarity with the people of color in our communities and emphatically declares that Black Lives Matter. All of us at the C...FC have been deeply affected by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and each of us is pained by the fact that this systemic pattern of violence against black individuals continues, seemingly unabated. Many of us are reflecting on old wounds from our own experiences with racial trauma. Others of us are questioning our understanding of the issues and our potential to enact change, while taking in information from various sources so we can better understand, and better show up as allies. Whether you feel grief, guilt, anger, shame, helplessness, anxiety, or fear, know that we are here for you. We are feeling this with you. Our team is ready to engage in difficult conversations with you and to sift through memory and meaning as we process this incredible injustice together. We're ready to listen and to do our part to show up, educate, advocate, empower, and bolster community resiliency. At the CFC, we prioritize human connection, which begins with the principle of equality and justice for all people. We cannot truly connect unless we truly see one another. Illustration/design by Quentin Monge. @mongequentin

Watching, reading, engaging, and mostly listening this past week. Thinking of my community and all the conversations I’ve had, trying to sit with discomfort and mind the advice below. Be well and take good care however you can

Just a reminder that you can join Joy Malik-Hasbrook, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Director of Assessments at The Center for Connection, for a weekl...y parenting support group. Donation based. No commitment required. Limited to California parents of children aged 0-18 years. WHEN: WEDNESDAYS OR FRIDAYS 8:00 - 8:45 AM PST - JOIN ANY WEEK YOU CAN! WHERE: LIVE SMALL GROUP VIDEO CONFERENCING VIA ZOOM TOPICS: WE WILL ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING AREAS AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE! supporting emotional regulation & stress management processing the many losses & uncertainty managing distance learning strengthening family resiliency, mindfulness, and compassion COST: THIS GROUP IS DONATION-BASED WITH A MAXIMUM OF 8 PARENTS PER SESSION. EMAIL JOY TO SIGN UP AT [email protected] ***For parents of children aged 0-18 years*** ***Residents of California only*** https://www.thecenterforconnection.org//parenting-together #Parents #Parenting #ParentingSupport #OnlineSupportforParents #EmotionalRegulation #StressManagement #FamilyResiliency #Mindfulness #SelfCompassion #Pandemic #ParentinginthePandemic #Coronavirus

A great reminder and scientific rationale for mindfulness during COVID from Dan Siegel. Thanks to Wavecrest Films for this series.