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Want to learn better coping skills? More about the ACoA experience or living with family dysfunction? How to become a healthier and happier person and live a fuller life? Explore Heather’s writings and videos on various topics of mental health.
Why do Adult Children of Alcoholics Have Low Self-esteem?
Heather Coleman, LCSW discusses how ACoAs usually have low self-esteem and how it is workable in changing one’s relationship to one’s self
Ambivalent Relationships & Relationship Repair — I’d Like to Get Close But Not *Too* Close
Heather Coleman, LCSW discusses the quest for intimacy in ambivalent relationships
ACoA Parenting— Parenting from a Less Than Ideal Background
Heather Coleman, LCSW speaks about the experience of being an ACoA and becoming a parent
Reparenting with Self-Care
Heather Coleman, LCSW talks about how to reparent one’s self and begin the process
ACoAs & Mindful Parenting Tips: Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family
Heather Coleman, LCSW discusses the challenges and skills necessary to parent from love and kindness
Why It’s Hard for ACoAs (Adult Children) to Feel Feelings
Heather Coleman, LCSW discusses why it can be hard for ACoAs to feel feelings and regulate their emotional lives
Reparenting Yourself in the Present Moment—Techniques and Exercises for Adult Children
Heather Coleman, LCSW explains techniques and methods for beginning the process of reparenting one’s self.
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