Understanding children and teens by Judy Bartkowiak

Understanding children and teens by Judy Bartkowiak

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So what don't you want this year?

So what don't you want this year?

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Judy Bartkowiak
Jan 09, 2022
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So what don't you want this year?
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Over the last few days, I've heard so many people comment that they don't want 2022 to be as bad as 2021, or that they don't want to 'another year like last year'. But we got through last year and we learnt stuff along the way, didn't we?

I had a client session yesterday afternoon where she was lamenting that she was lonely and had really struggled through a very unpleasant break up over the past year where she constantly worried over the mental health of her child who felt 'split down the middle' and who was also moving on to secondary school.

When we turned our attention to what had gone well and what she'd learnt along the way, she realised that her daughter had actually settled in really well to her new school and her new life and that instead of thinking of her 'split' between the two of them, she was getting the best of both of them and enjoying quality time with each parent in a relaxed atmosphere.

Also, she had, for the first time since her twenties, created a new home for hersel…

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