Teachers & School
A kid's primary Job is to go to school and perform well. When a kid begins to get sideways, teachers and school personnel are often the...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Trust Me
People do embarrassing things in my office. They ugly-cry with snot coming down their faces or they say "stupid" things or they sit-...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Cyberbullying Research Center
The pace of a tween's life is fast. Reputations can be destroyed within an hour. Scandals can spread within a half hour. The flammability...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Good Counsel Podcast
This guy is Erik Bricker. He's a therapist for grownups in Boca Raton, Fl. He has a fabulous family and he loves dogs. And, he hosts the...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Boundaries and Consequences
Grownups are allowed to say No. "Would you like broccoli with that?" No. "Do you want to do that job?" No. "Can I give you a hug?" No....
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Ready for Change?
The purpose of therapy is to facilitate change. To make things different. To, ideally, make things better. Successful therapy- successful...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Saying Goodbye
Lately, I have been saying a lot of Goodbyes. I tell myself that this is the hallmark of a good therapist. I tell myself that if I do my...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
My Office!
I did it! I did it! I finally committed to creating a space for me to therapeutically play with kids. I have worked for many years in the...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Aug 12, 2021
- 3 min
Back To School
It's back to school time. Parents and teachers and students know what this means- all of it's implications. This year looks a bit more...
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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Apr 7, 2021
- 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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- Jan 5, 2021
- 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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- 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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- 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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- 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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Autumn Quiles, LCSW
- 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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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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