Engaging With Closed-Off Kids & Teens

Jenn talks to Dr. Blaise Aguirre about how to have difficult conversations with kids and teens. Blaise suggests ways to approach difficult topics with children and adolescents, shares strategies to encourage your kids to open up to you, discusses navigating the complexities of growing up and gaining trust along the way, and answers audience questions about navigating tough talks at different stages of your child’s life.

Blaise Aguirre, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and mentalization-based treatment (MBT) for borderline personality disorder and associated conditions. He is the founding medical director of McLean’s 3East continuum of care, an array of programs for teens that use DBT to target self-endangering behaviors as well as the symptoms of borderline personality disorder.

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– Read the episode transcript: mclean.link/6iv

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