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You've made the call. Maybe you've even booked the appointment. And now you're sitting in the car outside the grocery store, rehearsing how you're going to tell your kid, and every version sounds wrong in your head. "We're going to see someone about your feelings"...

It starts on a Sunday night. A stomachache that wasn't there at dinner. Then Monday morning brings a headache, tears over the wrong socks, and a kid who won't put their shoes on no matter what you say. You get them to the car (maybe). You get them to the door (maybe)....

The wrong color cup. A lost board game. The iPad timer going off. Ten minutes of math homework. Your child goes from fine to full meltdown in about three seconds, and by the time it's over you're both exhausted. Maybe you've tried calm talks, consequences, sticker...

The death grip on your leg at school drop-off. The tears every single bedtime. The follow-you-to-the-bathroom routine. The sleepover that ends with a 10pm phone call and a car ride home. If this is your life right now, you're probably tired and a little worried. And...

Teenagers are moody. Everyone knows that. So when your 15-year-old goes quiet at dinner, sleeps until noon and snaps at the simplest question, it's easy to chalk it up to being a teenager. Sometimes that's all it is. But sometimes it's depression, and teen depression...

Every kid worries. That's part of growing up. They worry about the first day of school, about whether their friend is mad at them, about whether the dog is going to be okay at the vet. Normal worry passes. Anxiety doesn't. This is the part a lot of parents get stuck...

If you're a parent watching your teenager go through it right now (the slammed bedroom doors, the crying jags that come out of nowhere, the silence at the dinner table that wasn't there last year), you've probably Googled some version of "DBT for teens" and ended up...

You know your child needs help. You've watched them cry over things that didn't bother them last year. You've seen the meltdowns at homework time, the friendship blow-ups, the way they retreat to their room and won't come out. Maybe a teacher mentioned something....

Your teen has been struggling. Maybe it's the sudden mood swings that go from zero to a hundred. Maybe it's the self-harm you found out about three weeks ago and still don't know how to talk about. Maybe it's the panic before school every morning, or the friend group...