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*"THE SCHOOL OF HARD TALKS: HOW TO HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDS"*

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### Webinars:

- [The school of hard talks: helping parents have better conversations with teens (Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center, July 2020)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=lWAKXlXF9t0)
- [Motivational interviewing for loved ones (Johnny’s Ambassadors, November 2020)](https://johnnysambassadors.org/ja201127/)
- [Motivational interviewing for loved ones (NAMI New Hampshire Annual Conference, April 2021)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfcy03LYF4)
- [Using motivational interviewing to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, June 2021)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx_A0f5oqfc)

### Popular Articles

- [How to get your teenager to open up to you, especially now (Boston Globe Magazine, April 2020)](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/30/magazine/how-get-your-teenager-open-up-you-especially-now/)
- [I'm a mom and a child psychologist: here's how I changed my patient advice once I became a parent (Parents.com, November 2020)](https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/im-a-mom-and-a-child-psychologist-heres-how-i-changed-my-patient-advice-once-i-became-a-parent/)
- [Talking to your kids about psychiatric medications (NAMI, December 2020)](https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2020/Talking-to-Your-Kids-About-Psychiatric-Medications)
- [Having better conversations with your teen grandchild (Jewish Grandparents Network, 2022)](https://jewishgrandparentsnetwork.org/family-room/having-better-conversations-with-your-teen-grandchildren/)

### Scholarly Publications

- [Commentary: expressed emotion as a mechanistic target in psychosis early intervention (Schizophrenia Research, August 2020)](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920996420302632?via%3Dihub)
- [Motivational interviewing for loved ones in early psychosis: development and pilot feasibility trial of a brief psychoeducational intervention for caregivers (Frontiers in Psychiatry, April 2021)](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.659568/full)