Posts by Serena Menken
The Grief No One Tells You About
The night my daughter, Ellie, told me she was suicidal, I curled up on the couch and sobbed. I didn’t realize it then, but that was the beginning of my own grief journey. It’s only in hindsight that I can trace the ways grief colored my family’s year of crisis. Recently, as I was a…
Read MoreWhy Parents Need to Name our Emotions
As parents of teens with mental health challenges, we may be so focused on helping our children that we fail to notice our own emotions. But as we name feelings such as anger, fear, grief, despair, and joy, we will help our children and ourselves heal. Facing our Emotions By Monday morning, I had already…
Read More5 Tips to Find a Eating Disorder Therapist For Your Teen
If you’re feeling overwhelmed and confused by the maze of finding the right eating disorder therapist for your teen, these tips can make the process easier. A Glimpse of Our Story of Finding an Eating Disorders Therapist Just before Thanksgiving 2020, my daughter Ellie summoned the courage to tell me that she had an eating…
Read MoreYou’re Not Alone: Parenting Teens with Mental Health Challenges
If you feel terrified and isolated in parenting teens with mental health challenges, you are not alone. I’m so glad you’re here. I hope you find hope and companionship in this hard journey. Join me here and on Substack to hear about what has helped many of us find solutions and self-care in parenting teens…
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