Key insights from
Seen: Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teenagers and the Power of Connection
By Will Hutcherson, Chinwé U. Williams
What you'll learn
Will Hutcherson is an American pastor and speaker. He has devoted his career to speaking about mental health in children and teenagers. His non-profit, Curate Hope, meets at schools to speak about mental health and educate teenagers. Alongside his work with youth, Hutcherson also organizes workshops for parents, on issues of mental health with an emphasis on practical guidance. Dr. Chinwé Williams is a counselor and speaker. When she is not operating her own counseling practice, Williams is an avid teacher, researcher, and consultant on mental health and counseling. In Seen, Hutcherson and Williams introduce parents to issues in mental health, providing knowledge and tools to support and speak hope into the lives of their depressed children.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Decline in mental health is often a dis-pairing of the brain’s hemispheres.
- 2 To begin affecting a change, you have to show up and be fully present.
- 3 To properly see your child, you must attend to the motivations underlying their behavior.
- 4 Conversation with a suffering child requires becoming a steady listener.
- 5 Once a connection has been formed in safe conversation, begin to speak life to your child.
- 6 In a safe conversational space, with encouragement and attentiveness to your child, you can help them build grit.
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