Imagine you are walking in public when you suddenly trip and stumble. What is the first thought that comes into your head? You might think: “Oops! Happens to the best of us.” OR “How embarrassing! I’m such a loser!” OR “Eh, no one really noticed.”…
Forever seared in my memory is the time we were visiting my sister in Nashville and my normally easy-to-soothe baby just wouldn’t calm down. After a desperate hour of trying every baby-calming trick I could think of, panicking that she would wake her little cousins…
Some parents worry that they caused their child to develop an eating disorder. Current evidence does NOT support this view at all. Rather, eating disorders are complex mental illnesses with a multitude of contributing bio-psycho-social factors. For one, eating disorders are hereditary conditions that are…
Have you tried breathing exercises with your child before? Or told your child to “take a deep breath” or “just breathe”? Do they tell you it doesn’t work? If you haven’t had much success teaching breathing exercises to your child, it is possible that they…
Hello Traverse City! I’m Dr. Rebecca Swenson and I am a child psychologist. I am so excited to have recently opened my private practice at the Grand Traverse Commons. In this first blog post, I want to tell you a little bit about myself…
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Traverse City, MI 49684
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