by Susie Rome | Aug 11, 2026 | Adolescent Therapy, Article, Depression and Anxiety
Preparing Your Teenager for the Transition Back to School: A Therapist Perspective As August arrives, a particular kind of tension begins to build in many households. Summer’s unstructured ease is giving way to the anticipation of a new school year, and for some...
by Susie Rome | Jul 14, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety, Family Therapy
The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Aging Parents While Raising a Family of Your Own There is a period in many people’s lives, typically in their forties and early fifties, when the demands of caregiving converge from two directions simultaneously. Children are...
by Susie Rome | Jun 6, 2026 | Adolescent Therapy, Article, Family Therapy
Summer, Transition, and the Emotional Weight of Change for Families in Calabasas Summer carries a particular emotional weight for families, one that is often obscured by its surface brightness. The end of the school year is a genuine transition, and transitions, even...
by Susie Rome | Jun 4, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety, Family Therapy
The Empty Nest: What Happens to Your Identity When the Children Leave Home Parents spend years, sometimes the better part of two decades, organizing the rhythms of their daily lives around the needs of their children. The school drop-off, the dinner timing, the...
by Susie Rome | May 26, 2026 | Article, Family Therapy, Relationships
Co-Parenting After Divorce: How to Raise Healthy Children When the Marriage Has Ended Divorce ends a marriage. It does not end a family. For parents, that distinction matters enormously, because the relationship between them does not conclude when the legal...
by Susie Rome | May 2, 2026 | Adolescent Therapy, Article, Depression and Anxiety
Social Anxiety in Teenagers: When Shyness Becomes Something That Needs Support Most teenagers feel some degree of social anxiety. The developmental task of adolescence is fundamentally social: forming an identity, finding belonging, navigating the complex currency of...
