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Scenario

How to support an adult child with mental health issues

My adult son struggles with depression and anxiety and I do not know when helping him is support versus when it is preventing him from learning to manage his own mental health.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The complex balance between providing necessary support for genuine mental health challenges and avoiding the creation of learned helplessness.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

Peri

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