Launching Your Daughter|psychotherapy|anxiety|trauma|mindfulness|parenting|depression|relationships

Welcome! Today’s guest is Sharon Martin, licensed clinical social worker in San Jose, CA. She works with adolescents and adults in helping them embrace their imperfections as individuals and as a family. In this episode you will learn: Sharon began her career working with teenagers  She is a mom of three children In her work she pulls from her own personal teen years and the struggles she had socially, being sensitive person, and with perfectionism “Lost sense of who I was” Perfectionism can impact both teens and adults Increase stress levels If I’m not perfect, then it will be catastrophic Attempting to people please and look for approval of who you are Teens need to separate, become individuals and mess up and learn from their mistakes Supporting parents is similar to how working with teens Help parents in letting go Explore how they as parents are separate from children What do you imagine the the worst thing is going to happen and how realistic is it that it will happen Inner exploration vs looking o