S2E10: Parenting Teens, Early Intervention, and the LIFT Program with Dannette Bivins

About this episode

In this episode, Nichole discusses the challenges of parenting teenagers with mental health therapist Dannette Bivins.

Raising a teenager is the hardest job in the world, and there is no playbook for it. In this episode of The Shield, Executive Director Nichole sits down with Dannette Bivins, a licensed mental health therapist and the owner of Intentional Healing. Dannette specializes in family therapy and working with adolescents in the juvenile court system, particularly those dealing with problematic sexual behaviors like sexting. We dive deep into the reality of parenting teenagers today. Dannette breaks ...

People in this episode

Host: Nichole

Guest: Dannette Bivins

Topics covered

• parenting
• teenagers
• mental health
• family therapy
• early intervention
• juvenile court system

Keywords

• parenting teens
• mental health
• family therapy
• early intervention
• problematic sexual behaviors
• juvenile court

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intentional Healing

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