You Are Not Their Therapist

Send me your Questions and Comments In this episode, we tackle the challenging summer transition when high-achieving college students return home. Parents often feel compelled to fix their child's burnout or job market anxiety, but playing the role of a clinician is fundamentally unqualified work that can destroy your relationship. Instead of "helicoptering" or over-managing—tactics that actively undermine a student's emotional regulation and autonomy—parents must fire themselves as therapist...