Hello and welcome to the Coffee with your Therapist Podcast, the podcast where we talk with people in the Counseling field about their careers, their work, and the music they like, all in 20 minutes.

This episode we talk to Nicole Runyon, she is a Parent Coach, Keynote Speaker and a Psychotherapist.

Nicole has a very interesting take on Technology and Child Development.  In her work she noticed that psychotherapy was not very effective on her young clients, and this set her thinking, she realized that it was the landscape and culture that they live in.  She was particularly concerned about the effect of Technology and social media on children because of peer pressure, bullying and exclusion and other negative effects on their mental health.

Nicole turned her attention to the Parents and how they are parenting their children in the age of abundant and accessible technology.  She does this under the umbrella of Parent Coaching and she helps them develop tools to better raise their children.

Nicole says that children around the age of 12 and up, are developing their own self identity and need to go through periods of discomfort as they develop their personalities.  Nicole noted that that parents need to let their children know that they should expect in some situations that they will feel uncomfortable and that they can work through it.

Nicole says that Parents often need to work though their own discomforts firstly to enable their child to grow and to be themselves.

Nicole struck me as emphatic, pragmatic and a very clear communicator and it was a pleasure to talk to her and learn how she helps parents and their children.

Finally, Nicole picks a classic pop song for us to playout with. Enjoy!

Nicole can be contacted via her website here (under construction):

www.nicolerunyon.com

And via her LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolerunyonlmsw/

The podcast is sponsored by Myndgard – we work with Therapists and their Clients to reach better outcomes in a faster, more insightful, secure, and trusted process using our Myndgard system – we work with Private Clinics and with the Student Psychology Services of Third Level colleges helping manage Triage and Post Therapy Relapse.

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