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

Welcome! Today’s guest is Mercedes Samudio a licensed clinical social worker turned parent coach. She is located in Huntington Beach, CA. Mercedes passion to help end parent shame and empowering families comes through clearly. In today’s episode she shares her work with families in discovering their strengths, areas they are needing support and giving them tools to help navigate the tween and teen years. We also talk about perfectionism and how that impacts parenting and your teenager. In this episode you will learn: Mercedes speaks to parents in discovering and unlocking their unique parenting powers She takes what the families know, explores what they need and teaches how to implement the tools she gives and what they learn on their own Tween and teen parenting-more exposed with technology which changes their level of development How to understand these development stages What your tween/teen should be developing Normalize changes Helps parents guide child in healthier ways Teachs communication skills