Aired: November 24, 2008 – 11:00 AM PST
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TITLE: What’s Inside Your “Parenting Toolbox”?
Special Guest: Dr Ron Huxley, a licensed child and family therapist, national speaker and columnist, web site producer, community mental health director, family advocate, and father of four discuss’ his online resource, “Parenting Toolbox”.
Allen and Dr. Ron Huxley identify parenting styles and what they mean. They will discuss his strength-based approach to parenting that builds on solutions and not problems and the belief that the “person is not the problem, the problem is the problem”. Dr. Huxley creatively crafts a parenting strategy that fits each family situation. He is a Certified Family Wellness Instructor, Incredible Years Parenting Instructor and he has advanced training in Play Therapy and Trauma Interventions.
Ron Huxley is the founder of the ParentingToolbox and has helped parents online for over a decade and offline for almost two decades…
Ron is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist currently practicing on the Central California Coast. He specializes in trauma, attachment and nontraditional families (like divorced, step, and adoptive families). He is the author of the book “Love and Limits: Achieving a Balance in Parenting” and has been in the field of parenting and mental health for 2 decades.
Ron believes in taking a strength-based approach to parenting that builds on solutions and not problems. He believes that the “person is not the problem, the problem is the problem” and he creatively crafts a parenting strategy that fits each family situation. He is a Certified Family Wellness Instructor, Incredible Years Parenting Instructor and he has advanced training in Play Therapy and Trauma Interventions.
Ron has spoken to parents on the importance of having a Balanced Parenting Styles and Secure Attachment in every conceivable setting, from a Women’s Prison to Parent/Teacher Conferences to Corporate Board Rooms. He has written articles for Disney Family, Child Magazine, Readers Digest, Pregnancy Magazine, the Recovery Journal, Self-Help Online and Woman’s World. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows including BBC Radio, LA Talk Radio, the Leeza Gibbons Show, Parents Tool Talk Radio and Oprah.com. Currently, he is directing a children’s mental health clinic in California that specializes in attachment and trauma issues for foster care and adoptive families.
