TPP 263a: Processing When a Child is Newly Diagnosed, with Dr. Lynyetta Willis

This week I’m talking with Dr. Lynyetta Willis about navigating the journey when a child is newly diagnosed with a neurodifference. A psychologist turned family coach, Lynyetta specializes in empowering women in their relationships, as well as combines her foundation in psychology and trauma healing with best practices in empowerment coaching to help her clients strengthen their parenting, partnerships, and personal growth to create joyful, connected, and harmonious families. 

There are so many things I could have talked about with Lynyetta, but I wanted to dig into what happens to a couple, and a family, when a child is newly diagnosed — an often challenging and real process for many parents of differently wired kids. We talk about the sister emotions of grief and guilt, the importance of self-compassion and self-care in the process, how to handle different reactions in partnerships, and more.

 About Lynyetta

Dr. Lynyetta G. Willis, psychologist and family empowerment coach, helps frustrated families break unhelpful patterns and cross-generational cycles so they can move from stable misery into peaceful harmony. She helps her clients and audiences learn to strengthen their parenting, partnership, and personal growth practices so they can feel harmony in their hearts and homes.

 

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

• The difference between practicing clinical psychology and coaching work

• What are the common emotions after a diagnosis and how to process them in a healthy way

• Lynyetta’s PATHS framework: Perspective, Awareness, Tools, Healing, Self-Empowerment

• Tips for getting on the same page as parenting partners

• What is meant by the term “stable misery”

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