by Carla Naumburg | Sep 8, 2017 | Kveller.com
I lost it with my kid yesterday. My mom-meltdown happened just minutes before I herded both of the girls outside for our annual first-day-of-school ritual. It went a little something like this: “Ok, you stand here, no, not there, over there, OK, good, now you get next...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 24, 2017 | Kveller.com
Sometimes I put a pair of cotton princess underwear on my head before I wake up my daughters in the morning. Sometimes I recite their breakfast options in a ridiculous French accent. I smear bubbles across my face while I’m giving them a bath and tell them absurd...
by Carla Naumburg | Aug 7, 2017 | GrokNation
If you’re a human being, you’re probably breathing right now. In fact, you probably weren’t even thinking about it until I pointed it out. But I’m a clinical social worker who spends a lot of time talking to my clients about when, why, and how to breathe. They want...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 28, 2017 | Writing
“You don’t want to be a doormat but “kindness is not the same as being disengaged or permissive,” explains Naumburg. Set boundaries with empathy: Instead of name-calling, frame feedback using sentences such as, “I don’t like when...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 14, 2017 | Seleni
My son is going to sleepaway camp for the first time this summer. He’s thrilled. I’m a nervous wreck. I’ve been bouncing around the worry spectrum, from Vaguely Uneasy to Distinctly Nervous and, finally, Full-On Panicked. What if he can’t fall...
by Carla Naumburg | Jun 8, 2017 | Writing
“Why, when, and how should social workers share pieces of their lives with the public?” This is a question that many clinicians, including social workers, counselors, and psychologists, have been struggling with for years. As a clinical social worker who...
