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Apr 16
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Aha! Moments

So many people with whom I work do not know the Why of how they feel or how they behave. They do not know the Why of how other people...

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Apr 7
2 min

Therapy Apps!

Cell phones are often a hot topic in my weekly conversations- teens use them to stay connected and grown-ups use them to stay afloat. It...

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Jan 5
1 min

A New Year

It's a new year and I am hopeful about what it will bring us. I am a big fan of resolutions and the powerful intentions of People Who Are...

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Dec 7, 2020
2 min

Girls Becoming Women

There is a face that we Mothers paint on our girl children (we don't paint our boys the same way). We start the painting early and, if we...

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Oct 19, 2020
2 min

Emotional Incest

Okay... so this seems like a yucky title. The idea of incest is appalling to most people and so the idea of emotional incest is equally...

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Oct 13, 2020
3 min

I'm a Working Mother

I am mom to two amazing elementary-aged boys who are distance-learning and, recently, participating in a few extra curricular activities....

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Jul 23, 2020
2 min

Pandemic Loop

This is a short film made by a brilliant teen in Canada, Liv McNeil. She has called it Numb. I was called to watch it by a Huffington...

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Dear Parents of Distance Learner Who Checks Out,

Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Jul 9, 2020
3 min

Dear Parents of Distance Learner Who Checks Out,

I see you. You spent last Spring fighting. Pleading. Begging. You've bought hundreds of dollars of electronic equipment, furniture and...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Jun 30, 2020
2 min

My June

It has been a long, long time since I have sat down to add to this blog. And, I am thinking, my absence kinda parallels what we have all...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Jun 2, 2020
2 min

Racism and Protests

I thought writing a blog about George Floyd and racism and protests and our children would be easy. There is so much to say. So many...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

May 22, 2020
2 min

Virtual Camps!

Virtual Camp. Ugh. I can hear the collective groan now. Summer camps are supposed to be running and jumping and field trips to the nearby...

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May 20, 2020
2 min

Grief

We are grieving. Individually and collectively- as families, as cities and as a country. There is this idea that grief is a feeling that...

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May 14, 2020
3 min

Summer Is Coming

I have good news and bad news for you: summer is almost here and your kids' distance-learning school year is almost at an end. This...

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Distance Learning without Losing Your Mind

Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Apr 20, 2020
5 min

Distance Learning without Losing Your Mind

It was recently announced that we are doing this distance learning thing until the end of the school year. I think some teachers may have...

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Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Tele-therapy!

It's been a month since my last blog entry and a lot has happened. Covid-19 has necessitated some pretty significant social distancing,...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Mar 12, 2020
3 min

Kids and COVID-19

COVID-19 is a Coronavirus (there are several types of Coronavirus) that is currently spreading across the world. According to the World...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Mar 2, 2020
3 min

Sleep and Snacks

We all know, when our kids are very little, that maintaining naps and keeping a snack station in our diaper bag is critical to our kids'...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Feb 19, 2020
3 min

My Kid Doesn't Want Therapy

This has been a subject for discussion for me lately. The scenario goes like this: a parent calls me because their child is defiant or...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Feb 6, 2020
1 min

Play Therapy Week 2020

February 2nd through 8th is Play Therapy Week. The Association for Play Therapy (APT) is a national organization (to which I belong) that...

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Autumn Quiles, LCSW

Jan 24, 2020
3 min

ACEs Screening in California

A huuuuuuge research study (like 17,000 participants) was conducted in the mid-nineties in California. The researchers were trying to...

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