Is “Therapy Speak” Getting in the Way of Talking with Your Daughter?
ADHD. OCD. Toxic. Unwell. Today’s tween and teen girls are growing up surrounded by mental health language, much of it absorbed through TikTok, Instagram, and other online spaces. While this vocabulary can help girls express what they are experiencing, it can also shape how they see themselves and make honest conversations with parents more complicated.
Over the past decade, psychiatrist Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell has seen a growing number of girls arrive in her office with long lists of self-applied diagnoses. She has also watched concerned parents struggle to respond, sometimes with alarm and sometimes with skepticism, unintentionally widening the communication gap with their daughters.
Join us for a timely and engaging conversation based on Dr. Garfinkle-Crowell’s book, Girlhood, Translated. She will help parents better understand the language girls are using, look beyond labels, and respond in ways that foster openness, resilience, and connection.
Discover how parents can help girls move from feeling defined by what is “wrong” with them to feeling confident in who they are and empowered to shape who they will become. This conversation offers a hopeful new way to talk about mental health, one that encourages girls not only to heal, but to thrive.
The first 100 attendees will receive a copy of Girlhood, Translated.